View source for Aegopogon ← Aegopogon You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Aegopogon |accepted_authority=Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Aegopogon |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aegopogon]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 273 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="">synoecious;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism arrangement or pubescence;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form">tufted, cespitose, or sprawling.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="culm some measurement"><b>Culms </b>2-30 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sheath architecture"><b>Sheaths </b>open;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ligule texture">ligules membranous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade prominence or shape">blades flat.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, racemelike, 1-sided panicles, usually exceeding the upper leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="branch some measurement;branch fixation or orientation;spikelet quantity;base course;base pubescence">branches 0.4-0.8 mm, not appressed to the rachis, with 3 spikelets, bases sharply curved, strigose, axes not extending beyond the distal spikelets;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="">disarticulation at the base of the branches.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="floret quantity"><b>Spikelets </b>with 1 floret;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="lateral spikelet architecture;lateral spikelet architecture;lateral spikelet reproduction;lateral spikelet variability;lateral spikelet prominence">lateral spikelets pedicellate, staminate or sterile, varying from rudimentary to as large as the central spikelet;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="central spikelet architecture;central spikelet architecture;central spikelet shape;central spikelet reproduction">central spikelets sessile or pedicellate, laterally compressed, bisexual.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="glume shape;glume shape or architecture;glume architecture;glume architecture or shape"><b>Glumes </b>exceeded by the florets, cuneate, truncate to bilobed, 1-veined, awned from the midveins, sometimes also from the lateral lobes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="lemma architecture;central vein size;central lateral-vein size;central awn length">lemmas 3-veined, central veins and sometimes the lateral-veins extended into awns, central awns always the longest;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="palea shape;palea architecture or shape">paleas almost as long as the lemmas, 2-keeled, 2-awned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="lodicule quantity">lodicules 2;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="anther quantity">anthers 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="style quantity">styles 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="caryopsis size or quantity"><b>Caryopses </b>about twice as large as the embryos;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="hilum coloration or relief;x chromosome quantity">hila punctate, x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Calif.;Ariz. |discussion=<p>Aegopogon is an American genus of four species that extends from the southwestern United States to Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. One species is native in the Flora region.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=beetle1948a |text=Beetle, A.A. 1948. The genus Aegopogon Humbold. & Bonpl. Univ. Wyoming Publ. 13:17-23. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Aegopogon |author=Mary E. Barkworth; |authority=Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Calif.;Ariz. |reference=beetle1948a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_910.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae |genus=Aegopogon |anther quantity=3 |base course=curved |base pubescence=strigose |blade prominence or shape=flat |branch fixation or orientation=not appressed |branch some measurement=0.4mm;0.8mm |caryopsis size or quantity=2 times as large as the embryos |central awn length=longest |central lateral-vein size=extended |central spikelet architecture=pedicellate;sessile |central spikelet reproduction=bisexual |central spikelet shape=compressed |central vein size=extended |culm some measurement=2cm;30cm |floret quantity=1 |glume architecture=1-veined |glume architecture or shape=awned |glume shape=cuneate |glume shape or architecture=truncate to bilobed |hilum coloration or relief=punctate |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |inflorescence shape=racemelike |lateral spikelet architecture=staminate;pedicellate |lateral spikelet prominence=rudimentary |lateral spikelet reproduction=sterile |lateral spikelet variability=varying |lemma architecture=3-veined |ligule texture=membranous |lodicule quantity=2 |palea architecture or shape=2-awned |palea shape=2-keeled |sheath architecture=open |spikelet quantity=3 |style quantity=2 |whole_organism arrangement or pubescence=tufted |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=plant;sprawling;cespitose;sprawling;cespitose |whole_organism reproduction=synoecious |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Poaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Aegopogon.