Description
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Annual (ours). Inflorescence of digitate or whorled racemes; racemes with imbricate, 2-seriate, subsessile spikelets, terminating in an abortive spikelet. Spikelets several-many-flowered, laterally flattened, the lemmas disarticulating from below upwards, leaving the persistent rhachilla and paleas. Glumes 1-nerved, keeled, shorter than the lemmas. Lemmas 3-nerved, cartilaginous, glabrous, entire or 2-toothed and with a stout awn-point at the apex.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Acrachne Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=169
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Acrachne: Brief Summary
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Acrachne is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. Species in the genus are commonly known as goosegrass.
Species
Acrachne henrardiana (Bor.) S.M. Phillips –
Tamil Nadu Acrachne perrieri (A.Camus) S.M. Phillips –
Madagascar Acrachne racemosa (B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult) Ohwi – tropical and southern
Africa, tropical
Asia, northern
Australia formerly included See
Eragrostis Acrachne vatovae –
Eragrostis vatovae
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