Panicum sect. Urvilleana

(Hitchc. & Chase) Pilg.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 475.

Plants perennial; rhizomatous, rhizomes stout, horizontal or vertical. Culms erect, arising in tufts or solitary. Ligules membranous, ciliate. Panicles narrow to lax; branches ascending to spreading; secondary branches and pedicels short, crowded, often appressed. Spikelets ovoid, densely to sparsely villous, hairs silvery or tawny-white, apices acute. Lower glumes about 3/4 as long as the spikelets, (5) 7-9 (11) -veined; upper glumes and lower lemmas 7-15-veined; lower florets staminate; lower paleas as large as the lower lemmas; upper lemmas villous on the basal portion of the margins.

Discussion

Panicum sect. Urvilleana consists of three species growing on coastal dunes and sand in South America. There is one species in the Flora region.

Selected References

None.

"decumbent" is not a number."-11-veined" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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puberulent +
anatomy +  and kranz +
Robert W. Freckmann +  and Michel G. Lelong +
(Hitchc. & Chase) Pilg. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
disarticulating +  and pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
filiform +  and ovate flat +
ascending;spreading +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not developed +
terete +  and compressed +
thick-walled +
sometimes longer +
small green +
branched +  and simple +
arising +  and erect +
not compressed +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
woody +  and hard +
Conn. +, N.H. +, R.I. +, N.C. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, Ala. +, Fla. +, W.Va. +, Mich. +, Del. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Iowa +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Maine +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Mass. +, Vt. +, Wyo. +, Puerto Rico +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, Ind. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Pa. +, Va. +, Ark. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Ky. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Tenn. +, S.C. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Mo. +, Ga. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Ohio +, Virgin Islands +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +  and Sask. +
capillary +
germination +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +
unequal +
membranous +
well-developed +
tawny-white +  and silvery +
uncinate +
Oval (?) +  and Round (?) +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
hollow +  and solid +
coriaceous +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
(5)7-9(11)-veined +
acuminate +, acute +  and truncate +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
subterranean +
pyramidal +
simple +  and compound +
dry +  and fleshy +
vertical +  and horizontal +
not keeled +
in triplets +  and paired +
1 +  and 60 +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Panicum sect. Urvilleana +
Panicum subg. Panicum +
section +
membranous +
stipitate +  and sessile +
rugose +  and verrucose +
chartaceous-indurate +  and rigid +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +