View source for Aeluropus ← Aeluropus 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=Aeluropus |accepted_authority=Trin. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Aeluropus |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>[[Aeluropus]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 25 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;sheath duration">usually strongly rhizomatous or stoloniferous, rhizomes and stolons with persistent sheaths.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation;culm architecture or arrangement or growth form;culm architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Culms </b>5-40 cm, prostrate to erect, solitary or not;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="internode quantity;internode height or length or size">internodes numerous, short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sheath arrangement"><b>Sheaths </b>overlapping;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="">ligules of hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade orientation;blade shape;blade shape;blade architecture or shape;apex pubescence or texture;apex shape">blades usually stiffly spreading, flat or convolute below, folded distally, apices often cartilaginous and sharp.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;panicle density;panicle arrangement;branch architecture;branch shape;rachis shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, dense panicles of non-disarticulating spikelike branches racemosely arranged on elongate rachises, exceeding the upper leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="branch width;axis shape;spikelet arrangement;spikelet architecture;row quantity">branches 2.5-5 mm wide, axes triquetrous, spikelets closely packed, subsessile, in 2 rows.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="spikelet reproduction;spikelet shape;floret quantity"><b>Spikelets </b>bisexual, dorsally compressed, with 2-14 florets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="glume size;glume shape"><b>Glumes </b>unequal, exceeded by the florets, keeled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="lower glume architecture">lower glumes 1-5 (7) -veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="upper glume architecture">upper glumes 3-9-veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="lemma architecture;lemma shape;mucro some measurement">lemmas 7-11-veined, mucronate, mucros 0.1-0.3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="lodicule quantity">lodicules 2;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="anther quantity;anther some measurement">anthers 3, 0.8-1.6 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="style-branch quantity">style-branches 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="caryopsis shape"><b>Caryopses </b>ovoid-ellipsoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="hilum coloration or relief;hilum position">hila punctate, basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="">embryos about 1/2 as long as the caryopses.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="embryo quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Ariz. |discussion=<p>Aeluropus is a genus of five species that extends from Portugal to China and northern India. The species are a good source of fodder and hay in Russia (Tzvelev 1976). One species has been cultivated in the Flora region.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=tzvelev1976a |text=Tzvelev, N.N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Russia. 788 pp. [In Russian]. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Aeluropus |author=Mary E. Barkworth; |authority=Trin. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Ariz. |reference=tzvelev1976a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_36.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae |genus=Aeluropus |anther quantity=3 |anther some measurement=0.8mm;1.6mm |apex pubescence or texture=cartilaginous |apex shape=sharp |axis shape=triquetrous |blade architecture or shape=folded |blade orientation=spreading |blade shape=convolute;flat |branch architecture=non-disarticulating |branch shape=spikelike |branch width=2.5mm;5mm |caryopsis shape=ovoid-ellipsoid |culm architecture or arrangement or growth form=not;solitary |culm orientation=prostrate;erect |culm some measurement=5cm;40cm |embryo quantity=1/2 |floret quantity=2;14 |glume shape=keeled |glume size=unequal |hilum coloration or relief=punctate |hilum position=basal |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |internode height or length or size=short |internode quantity=numerous |lemma architecture=7-11-veined |lemma shape=mucronate |lodicule quantity=2 |lower glume architecture=1-5(7)-veined |mucro some measurement=0.1mm;0.3mm |panicle arrangement=arranged |panicle density=dense |rachis shape=elongate |row quantity=2 |sheath arrangement=overlapping |sheath duration=persistent |spikelet architecture=subsessile |spikelet arrangement=packed |spikelet reproduction=bisexual |spikelet shape=compressed |style-branch quantity=2 |upper glume architecture=3-9-veined |whole_organism architecture=stoloniferous;rhizomatous |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant |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 Aeluropus.