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Descriptions
W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson
© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Trichopteryx fruticulosa
HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 30–80 cm long; firm, or woody. Leaf-sheaths mostly shorter than adjacent culm internode. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades reflexed; linear, or lanceolate; 3–8 cm long; 3–10 mm wide.
INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.
Panicle open; lanceolate; 6–30 cm long.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels ciliate (hairs 1–2mm).
FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 3–6 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus pilose; obtuse.
GLUMES Glumes persistent; similar; reaching apex of florets. Lower glume ovate; 2–3 mm long; 0.5–0.66 length of upper glume; chartaceous; dark brown; without keels; 3 -veined. Lower glume surface glabrous, or setose; with tubercle-based hairs. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 3–6 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; chartaceous; dark brown; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume surface glabrous, or setose; with tubercle-based hairs. Upper glume apex acute.
FLORETS Basal sterile florets male; with palea; separately deciduous. Lemma of lower sterile floret similar to upper glume; lanceolate to ovate; 3–6 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; chartaceous; 3 -veined; acute. Fertile lemma oblong; 2–3 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma surface glabrous, or pilose; with a transverse row of hair tufts; bearing 2 hair tufts in all. Lemma margins involute; interlocking with palea keels. Lemma hairs 1–2 mm long. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; awned; 3 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 8–11 mm long overall; with twisted column. Lateral lemma awns arising on apex of lobes; 1.5–3 mm long; shorter than principal. Palea 2 -veined. Palea keels approximate.
FLOWER Anthers 2.
FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
DISTRIBUTION Africa: west-central tropical, east tropical, and southern tropical.
NOTES Arundinelleae. FTEA.
Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.
