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Descriptions
W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson
© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Catabrosa afghanica
HABIT Perennial. Culms prostrate; 15–30 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades flat; 2–6 mm wide.
INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.
Panicle open; oblong, or ovate; dense; 8–12 cm long.
Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile.
FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1–2 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 1.8–2.3 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
GLUMES Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume elliptic, or ovate; 0.4–0.7 mm long; 0.25–0.66 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels. Upper glume ovate; 0.2–0.3 mm long; 0.15 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels.
FLORETS Fertile lemma oblong; 1.6–2 mm long; membranous; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma surface glabrous.
FLOWER Anthers 3; 1–2 mm long.
DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: western Asia.
NOTES Poeae. Tsvelev 2014.
Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.
