Grasses of Mali

Abstract

A vegetative key, descriptions, and illustrations for the identification of 199 native and naturalized grasses that occur in Mali are presented. In addition, we provide a modern classification, glossary of terms, and indexes to scientific and common names. The key is based on vegetative characters to allow identification of specimens that do not have flowering structures (inflorescences and spikelets). Two new combinations are made, Urochloa orthostachys and  Urochloa stigmatisata , and we lectotypify Panicum orthostachys .  Smithsonian Contributions to Botany , Number 108 , x + 146 pages, 208 figures, 2018.