Coelorachis tessellata

(Steud.) Nash
Common names: Pitted jointgrass
Endemic
Synonyms: Manisuris tessellata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 688.

Plants cespitose. Culms 80-120 cm, compressed4ceeled. Sheaths compressed-keeled; blades to 41 cm long, to 7.8 mm wide, folded to flat, scabrous above. Rames 4.5-7 (12) cm. Sessile spikelets 3.9-6.2 mm long, 2.1-2.4 mm wide; lower glumes with rectangular pits, keels narrowly winged distally. Pedicellate spikelets 2.3-2.7 mm, reduced to scales. 2n = unknown.

Distribution

Miss., Fla., Ala., Ga., La.

Discussion

Coelorachis tessellata is endemic to the southern coastal plain of the United States, extending from Louisiana to northern Florida, although it is rare in Florida. It grows in bogs and moist pine woods, especially flatwoods.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Coelorachis tessellata"
anatomy +  and kranz +
Charles M. Allen +
(Steud.) Nash +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (?) +
well-developed +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (41 cm410 mm <br />0.41 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
folded +  and flat +
reduced +
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.78 cm7.8 mm <br />0.0078 m <br />) +
spikelike +
ellipsoid +  and broadly ellipsoid +
Pitted jointgrass +
purple +  and reddish +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
not woody +
Miss. +, Fla. +, Ala. +, Ga. +  and La. +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
concealing +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
compressed +  and rounded +
unequal +
uncinate +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
pedunculate +  and multiple-stalked +
solid +  and hollow +
photosynthetic +
not aromatic +
cauline +  and basal +
coriaceous +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
pitted +, rugose +  and smooth +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
sessile-pedicellate +
heterogamous +
dry +  and fleshy +
rectangular +
elongate +
pedunculate +
compressed-keeled +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
in triplets +  and paired +
0.39 cm3.9 mm <br />0.0039 m <br /> (0.62 cm6.2 mm <br />0.0062 m <br />) +
sterile +  and bisexual +
ovate +  and compressed +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
2.1mm +  and 2.4mm +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Manisuris tessellata +
Coelorachis tessellata +
Coelorachis +
species +
membranous +
sessile-pedicellate +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +