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Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus etymology: Dichanthium = "paired flower" [Greek] refering to the difference between the basal homogamous and the other heterogamous spikelets
Species etymology: annulatum = "ringed" [Latin] refering to the bearded nodes
Photosynthetic type: C4 (warm season)
Nativity: naturalized - accidental
First recorded in Hawaiʻi: 1950
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Description
Lower glume of sessile spikelet pubescent to pilose below the middle, the bulbous-based hairs mainly confined to the margin above.
(Description source: Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. 1982. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Gramineae (Part 3). A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 448 pp. )
Diploid or tetraploid (2n = 20, 40).
(Description source: Cope, T.A, (1995) Flora Somalia, Vol 4. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London. 312 pp. )
inferior glume of sessile spikelet pubescent to pilose below the middle, the bulbous-based hairs mainly confined to the margins above.
(Description source: Cope, T.A. (ed.). 2002. Flora Zambesiaca. Volume 10. Part 4. Kew, London. 190 pp. )