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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; papillosum = "pimple" [Latin] refering to the raised bumps on the glumes
Photosynthetic type: C4 (warm season)
Nativity: naturalized - intentional
First recorded in Hawaiʻi: 1927
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Description
Lower glume of sessile spikelet pilose to villous, with a distinct subapical fringe of bulbous-based hairs.
(Description source: Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. 1982. Flora of Tropical East Africa. Gramineae (Part 3). A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 448 pp. )
Inferior glume of sessile spikelet pilose to villous, with a distinct subapical fringe of bulbous-based hairs.
(Description source: Cope, T.A. (ed.). 2002. Flora Zambesiaca. Volume 10. Part 4. Kew, London. 190 pp. )