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Coll. Nr. |
Habitat |
Growth form |
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Shona name |
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Andropogon |
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A. eucomus Nees |
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Wet areas |
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A. huillensis Rendle |
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Wet areas |
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Large Silver andropogon |
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Brachypodium |
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B. flexum Nees |
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Forest |
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Briza |
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B. maxima L. |
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Roadside |
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Large Quaking grass |
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B. minor L. |
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Grasland, disturbed areas |
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Lesser Quaking grass |
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Bromus |
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B. catharticus Vahl |
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Roadsides, along rivers |
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Rescue grass |
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Cynodon |
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C. dactylon (L.) Pers |
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Roadsides and disturned areas |
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Couch grass |
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Digitaria |
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D. gazensis Rendle |
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Ehrharta |
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E. erecta Lam. |
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Common in disturbed ground |
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Shade Ehrharta |
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Eleusine |
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E. africana (L.) Gaertn. ssp. africana
(Kenn.-O´Byrne) S.M. Philips |
136 |
Disturbed area |
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Elionurus |
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E. muticus
(Spreng.) Kunth |
49 |
Grassland |
P |
Wire grass |
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Eragrostis |
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E. acraea
De Winter |
59 |
Grassland |
P |
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E. congesta Oliv. |
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E. patens Oliv. |
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Sandy ground |
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E. plana Nees |
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Grassy and disturbed areas |
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Tough Love grass |
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E. racemosa
(Thunb.) Steud. |
51 |
Grassland |
P |
Narrow heart love grass |
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E. tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Steud. |
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Roadsides and disturbed areas |
P |
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Heteropogon |
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H. contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult. |
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Roadsides, well drained areas |
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Spear grass |
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Hyparrhenia |
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H. cymbaria (L.) Stapf |
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Forest edge, roadsides |
P |
Boat Thatching grass |
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H. filipendula (Hochst.) Stapf |
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Open grassland, bushveld |
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Fine Thatching grass |
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Imperata |
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I. cylindrica (L.) Beauv. |
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Marshy areas |
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Cottonwool grass |
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Ischaemum |
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I. sp |
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Loudetia |
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L. simplex (Nees) C.E. Hubb. |
140 |
Grassland, woodland |
P |
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Melinis |
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M. nerviglumis
(Franchet) Zizka |
48 |
Grassland |
P |
Bristle-leaved Red Top |
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M. repens (Willd.) Zizka |
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Roadsides, disturbed areas |
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Natal Red Top |
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Monocymbium |
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M. ceresiiforme (Nees) Stapf |
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Grassland |
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Boat grass |
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Oplismenus |
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O. burmanii (Retz.) Beauv. |
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Probably occurs in Vumba |
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O. compositus (L.) Beauv. |
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Probably occurs in Vumba |
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O. hirtellus (L.) Beauv. |
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Forest |
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Basket grass |
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O. undulatifolius (Ard.) Roem. & Schult. |
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Probably occurs in forets |
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Panicum |
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P. maximum Jarq. |
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Grassland |
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Guinea grass |
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