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Descriptions
W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson
© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Secale anatolicum
HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; 50–70 cm long. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 10–20 cm long; 3–6 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; rough adaxially. Leaf-blade margins smooth, or scaberulous.
INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence composed of racemes. Peduncle pubescent above.
Racemes 1; single; bilateral; 4–8 cm long; 6–7 mm wide. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; ciliate on margins. Spikelet packing broadside to rhachis. Rhachis internodes oblong; 2.5–3 mm long; falling with spikelet above.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile.
FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 16–18 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures.
GLUMES Glumes similar; shorter than spikelet; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume oblong; 11 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; keeled all along; 1 -veined. Lower glume primary vein scabrous. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume surface puberulous. Lower glume apex acuminate; awned; 1 -awned. Lower glume awn 1–2.5 mm long. Upper glume oblong; 11 mm long; 0.8–0.9 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; keeled all along; 1 -veined. Upper glume primary vein scabrous. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume surface puberulous. Upper glume apex acuminate; awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 1–2.5 mm long.
FLORETS Fertile lemma elliptic; 12–14 mm long; coriaceous; shiny; keeled; 5 -veined. Lemma midvein pectinately ciliate. Lemma surface smooth, or scaberulous. Lemma apex acuminate; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn 20–30 mm long overall; limb scabrous. Palea 2 -veined. Apical sterile florets 1 in number; barren.
FLOWER Lodicules 2; ciliate. Anthers 3. Ovary with a fleshy appendage below style insertion; pubescent on apex.
FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum linear.
DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: Caucasus and western Asia.
NOTES Triticeae. Fl Iran 1993.
Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.
