Group 2 |
2 or more spikes from main axis: with spikelets having little or no stalk |
4 species in our area: Echinochloa, Digitaria, Cynodon, Bothriochloa | |
| Either:- | Ligule absent, unilateral spike-like bunches |
Echinochloa crus-galli : A.
Species identified. Congratulations! |
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| or:- | Ligule membranous, spikes with spikelets twinned in two rows ; borne on digitate spike-like branches |
Digitaria sanguinalis : A.
Species identified. Congratulations! |
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| or:- | Ligule hairy; borne on digitate spike-like branches; spikes with unilateral spikelets, without hairs or awns |
Cynodon dactylon : P.
Species identified. Congratulations! |
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| or:- | Ligule hairy; borne on digitate spike-like branches; spikelets hairy, twinned, one sterile without an awn, the other fertile with an awn. |
Bothryochloa ischaemum : P.
Species identified. Congratulations! |
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