Eriochloa michauxii var. simpsonii

(Hitchc.) Hitchc.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 509.

Discussion

Eriochloa michauxii var. simpsonii (Hitchc.) Hitchc. is a rare variety that grows in low wet areas, roadsides, or on washed sand and shell beaches of southwestern Florida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

anatomy +  and kranz +
Robert B. Shaw +, Robert D. Webster +  and Christine M. Bern +
(Hitchc.) Hitchc. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
disarticulating +  and pseudopetiolate +
straight +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
usually linear +  and lanceolate occasionally ovate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +  and 6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
appressed;spreading +
villous +  and shortly pilose rarely puberulent or scabrous +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
not developed +
terete +  and compressed +
sometimes longer +
not rooting +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (250 cm2,500 mm <br />2.5 m <br />) +
well-developed +
capillary +
germination +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
membranous +
0 +  and 10 +
uncinate +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
solid +  and hollow +
cauline +  and basal +
coriaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
3.5mm +  and 5mm +
acute +, ovate +  and elliptic +
1.3mm +  and 1.8mm +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
glabrous +, puberulent +  and appressed pilose +
3 +  and 7 +
2 +  and 1 +
pedicellate +
10cm +  and 30cm +
subterranean +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
puberulent +  and villous +
elongate +
in triplets +  and paired +
0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br /> (0.57 cm5.7 mm <br />0.0057 m <br />) +
subterranean +
16 +  and 40 +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
ovate +  and elliptic +
1.3mm +  and 1.8mm +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
plumose +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Eriochloa michauxii var. simpsonii +
Eriochloa michauxii +
variety +
membranous +
mucronate +, acute +  and ovate +
acute +  and rounded mucronate or awned +
0.31 cm3.1 mm <br />0.0031 m <br /> (0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.43 cm4.3 mm <br />0.0043 m <br />) +
not pronounced +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +