Panicum incrassatumHochst. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Setaria incrassata(Hochst.) Hack. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by unreadible,
Related name
Setaria lindiensis
Setaria eylesii
Setaria woodii
Setaria holstii
Setaria gerrardii
Setaria incrassata
Setaria rudifolia
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Setaria nigrirostris
Panicum incrassatum
Setaria ciliolata
Setaria mombassana
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Setaria pabularis
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Flora
Entry for SETARIA incrassata (Hochst.) Hack. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Tufted perennial arising from a short rhizome; stems up to 200 cm high, pubescent at the nodes; leaves flat or inrolled, attenuate to a filiform tip. Panicle contracted, spike-like, cylindrical or somewhat interrupted, 3–30 cm long, the bristles pallid, often with purple tips, sometimes wholly purple, the rhachis tomentellous to sparsely pilose; bristles 2–15 mm long. Spikelets broadly ovate to gibbously suborbicular, somewhat laterally compressed, 2–3(–4) mm long; lower glume 1/2–2/3 the length of the spikelet; upper glume 2/3 as long to as long as the spikelet, 7- to 9-nerved; lower floret male; upper lemma punctate to obscurely rugose.
