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Descriptions
W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson
© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Nastus obtusus
HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms scandent; 2000 cm long; 50 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; 70–80 cm long. Lateral branches dendroid. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; 15 mm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 15–30 cm long; 15–30 mm wide. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle; bracteate at branch bases.
Panicle open; 15–30 cm long. Primary panicle branches 5–10 cm long. Panicle branches pubescent.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 17–20 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
GLUMES Glumes several; 4 empty glumes; lower persistent, upper deciduous (with floret); shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; chartaceous. Lower glume surface pubescent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; coriaceous; without keels. Upper glume surface pubescent. Upper glume apex acute.
FLORETS Fertile lemma ovate; 14–17 mm long; coriaceous; without keel. Lemma surface pubescent. Lemma apex acute. Palea coriaceous; without keels.
FLOWER Lodicules 3; 1.5 mm long; ciliate. Anthers 6; 6 mm long. Stigmas 3. Ovary umbonate; pubescent on apex.
FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Papuasia.
NOTES Bambuseae. Holttum 1996.
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