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W.D. Clayton, M. Vorontsova, K.T. Harman & H. Williamson

© Copyright The Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Catabrosa kneuckeri

HABIT Perennial. Culms prostrate; 15–30 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 2–5 mm wide.

INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.

Panicle open; oblong, or ovate; effuse; 5–12 cm long.

Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1(–2) fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 2.3–2.7 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.

GLUMES Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume elliptic, or ovate; 1–1.3 mm long; 0.5 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels. Upper glume ovate; 1.5–2 mm long; 0.66 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels.

FLORETS Fertile lemma oblong; 2 mm long; membranous; without keel; 3 -veined.

DISTRIBUTION Europe: central.

NOTES Poeae. Tsvelev 2014.

Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.