Species Stipagrostis obtusa (Delile) Nees (Small bushman grass)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Poales
  • ---- family: Poaceae
  • ----- species: Stipagrostis obtusa
Characteristics:small perennial tufted grass, dense basal leaf covering, up to 60 cm tall, pioneer and climax grass, curled blue-green leaves, one of the most important grazing resources
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van der Walt and le Riche 1999: 93
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Comments: English: 1=Stipagrostis obtusa flowering and seeding in a good year in the Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/22634322
Date: 2011-09-15
Creator: Delile, A.R., 1813. Description de I’Egypte
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Comments: Stipagrostis obtusa 1
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/16079886
Date: 2010-02-26
Place: Orient
Creator: Royal Botanic Garden  Edinburgh
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Comments:   Stipagrostis obtusa (Delile) Nees (Gramineae).  Image of herbarium specimen held at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E).  Specimen barcode number E00440018.  Specimen collected from: Orient.    This is a low resolution version of the image. 
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/31657595
Creator: JonRichfield
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Comments: English: 1=Stipagrostis obtusa flowering and seeding in a good year in the Fish River Canyon, Namibia
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