Poa telata

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Basal innovations intravaginal. Culms erect; 17–30 cm long. Lateral branches lacking. Leaves mostly basal. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 3.5–4.15 mm long; 2–3 mm long on basal shoots; acuminate. Leaf-blades erect; involute; 5.5–11 cm long; 0.75–1.25 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade surface smooth. Leaf-blade apex acute.

INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.

Panicle open; lanceolate; nodding; 6–10 cm long; 1–2 cm wide. Primary panicle branches 1–2 -nate; 4.5–5 cm long; bearing 7–10 fertile spikelets on each lower branch. Panicle branches scaberulous.

Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 5.75–6.25 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 0.75–1 mm long; smooth. Floret callus woolly.

GLUMES Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets. Lower glume lanceolate; 4.4–5.5 mm long; 0.8–0.9 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins obscure. Lower glume surface asperulous; rough generally. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 5.3–6.2 mm long; 1.1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume surface asperulous; rough generally. Upper glume apex acute.

FLORETS Fertile lemma ovate; 5–5.6 mm long; membranous; keeled; 5 -veined. Lemma surface scaberulous. Lemma apex acute; mucronate. Palea 1 length of lemma. Palea keels scaberulous. Palea surface scaberulous. Rhachilla extension 1.5–2 mm long.

FLOWER Lodicules 2; membranous. Anthers 3; 2.6–3 mm long.

FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum punctiform.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-tropical: Papuasia.

NOTES Poeae. Veldkamp 1995.

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