Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. crus-pavonis

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 398.

Panicles usually drooping. Lower paleas 1/2 or more as long as the lower lemmas.

Distribution

Puerto Rico, Tex., Calif., Ala., Fla., Miss., Oreg., Nev.

Discussion

This is generally the more southern of the two varieties, extending through Mexico and the Caribbean to Bolivia and Argentina. It appears, presumably as an adventive species, as far north as Humboldt County, California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
elongate +
membranous +  and firm +
anatomy +  and kranz +
P.W. Michael +
P. Beauv. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
disarticulating +  and pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
subsessile +, compound +  and simple +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not developed +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
spheroid +, ovoid +  and ellipsoid +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
sometimes longer +
branched +  and solid +
erect +  and decumbent +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
Puerto Rico +, Tex. +, Calif. +, Ala. +, Fla. +, Miss. +, Oreg. +  and Nev. +
0.7-0.9 times as long as the caryopses +
capillary +
germination +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
membranous +
papillose-based +
uncinate +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
solid +  and hollow +
cauline +  and basal +
coriaceous +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
1/4 +  and 2/5 +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
hispid +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
subterranean +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
elongate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
compressed +
disarticulating +
in triplets +  and paired +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br />) +
1 +  and 60 +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
planoconvex +
1.2mm +  and 1.4mm +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. crus-pavonis +
Echinochloa crus-pavonis +
variety +
early-withering +
well-differentiated +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
obtuse +  and not acute +
short-lived +  and annual +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +