Leptochloa obtusiflora Hochst.
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Disakisperma obtusiflorum (Hochst.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
Eleusine obtusiflora (Hochst.) Blatt.
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Angola, DR Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania. Also in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. |
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Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 201. in error as Leptochloa obtusifolia
Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 201.
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