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Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Elytrigia Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190 (1810)
Description
Rhizomatous perennials. Leaf-sheath with or without auricles. Ligule membranous, truncate. Leaf-blade linear, ± narrow, flat or rolled. Inflorescence a single spike with solitary ± sessile spikelets, alternate on tough persistent rachis. Spikelets 3–7–(10)-flowered, ± laterally compressed, falling entire with glumes; florets ☿; rachilla prolonged. Glumes very unequal to subequal, similar, < adjacent lemmas, 3–11-nerved, lanceolate, rounded or slightly keeled towards tip, acute to shortly awned. Lemmas similar to glumes, 5-nerved, pilose, glabrous, or scabrid, awnless, mucronate or awned; awn, if present, apical or from a sinus, straight. Palea ≈ lemma, 2-keeled, ciliate or scabrid on keels. Lodicules 2, membranous, ciliate, usually entire, not or scarcely nerved. Stamens 3. Ovary with apical corona, and hispid hairs; styles 2, free. Caryopsis oblong, adhering to lemma and/or palea, shallowly grooved; embryo small.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Desvaux, N.A. 1810: Extrait d'un Mémoire sur quelques nouveaux genres de la famille des Graminées. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 187–190.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
