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Descriptions
W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson
© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Anthoxanthum cupreum
HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Culms 30–60 cm long; 3–4 -noded. Leaf-sheaths 5–20 cm long; glabrous on surface. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1–2 mm long. Leaf-blades 20–40 cm long; 6–12 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation comprising 30 vascular bundles. Leaf-blade surface ribbed; with rounded ribs; scabrous; rough adaxially; glabrous.
INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.
Panicle open; ovate; 10–20 cm long. Primary panicle branches spreading, or drooping; 1–2 -nate.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels 5–10 mm long; puberulous to villous; hairy above.
FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 2 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 7.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
GLUMES Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma; shiny. Lower glume ovate; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Lower glume apex acute; mucronate. Upper glume ovate; 7.5 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex acute; mucronate.
FLORETS Basal sterile florets similar; male; with palea; attached to and deciduous with the fertile. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong; 6 mm long; chartaceous; light brown; 1-keeled; pubescent on midvein; ciliate on margins; erose; obtuse; awned. Awn of lower sterile floret dorsal; arising 0.75 way up back of lemma; straight; 3–6 mm long. Lemma of upper sterile floret oblong; 1 length of lower sterile floret; chartaceous; pubescent on midvein; ciliate on margins; erose; obtuse; awned. Awn of upper sterile floret dorsal; arising 0.75 way up back of lemma; straight; 3–6 mm long. Fertile lemma ovate; 3.5 mm long; cartilaginous; shiny; without keel. Lemma surface scabrous; rough above; with conspicuous apical hairs. Lemma margins convolute; covering most of palea. Lemma apex mucronate. Principal lemma awn subapical. Palea elliptic; without keels.
FLOWER Anthers 2 (bisexual), or 3 (male); 2 mm long. Stigmas plumose. Ovary glabrous.
FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
DISTRIBUTION Australasia: New Zealand.
NOTES Aveneae. Zotov 1994.
Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.
