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Descriptions
W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson
© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Panicum delicatulum
HABIT Annual. Culms geniculately ascending; slender; 10–30(–50) cm long. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades ovate; tapering towards sheath; 3–6 cm long; 5–12 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pilose; sparsely hairy. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.
Panicle open; ovate; 3–8 cm long. Panicle branches capillary.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 2–2.5(–3) mm long; falling entire.
GLUMES Glumes dissimilar; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 0.25 length of spikelet; hyaline; without keels; 0 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume surface asperulous; glabrous, or pilose; with tubercle-based hairs. Upper glume apex acuminate; mucronate.
FLORETS Basal sterile florets barren; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; ovate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 3 -veined; scaberulous; glabrous, or pilose; with reflexed hairs; acute. Fertile lemma oblong; dorsally compressed; 1.5–2 mm long; indurate; pallid; shiny; without keel. Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex obtuse. Palea involute; indurate.
DISTRIBUTION Africa: west-central tropical, northeast tropical, east tropical, and southern tropical.
NOTES Paniceae. FTEA.
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