View source for Allolepis ← Allolepis 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=Allolepis |accepted_authority=Soderstr. & H.F. Decker |publications= |common_names=J.k. wipff |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Allolepis |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>[[Allolepis]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 27 }}<!-- --><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 reproduction;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form">dioecious, staminate and pistillate plants similar;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form">stoloniferous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="culm some measurement"><b>Culms </b>10-70 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ligule texture;ligule architecture or pubescence or shape">ligules membranous, ciliate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="upper leaf position relational"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal panicles, exceeding the upper leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="branch orientation;branch orientation">branches appressed or ascending, usually spikelet-bearing to the base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spikelet architecture"><b>Spikelets </b>not disarticulating.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="spikelet architecture;floret quantity"><b>Pistillate </b>spikelets with 5-10 florets;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="lower glume architecture;midvein prominence">lower glumes 1-5-veined, only the midveins conspicuous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="vein quantity;vein prominence;lateral-vein quantity;lateral-vein prominence">upper glumes with 3 conspicuous veins, sometimes with 2-4 inconspicuous lateral-veins;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="lemma architecture">lemmas 3-5 (6) -veined, unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="palea height or length or size;ovary position relational;ovary architecture or shape;ovary width;style position relational;intercostal region texture;vein shape;vein pubescence or relief;vein pubescence;margin texture">paleas shorter than the lemmas, completely surrounding the ovaries, saccate basally, narrowing distally and surrounding the styles, intercostal region coriaceous, veins keeled, scabrous and puberulent, margins scarious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="spikelet architecture;floret quantity"><b>Staminate </b>spikelets with 4-21 florets;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="lower glume architecture">lower glumes 1-veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="upper glume architecture">upper glumes 1-3-veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="lemma architecture">lemmas conspicuously 3-veined, unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="palea variability;palea length or size;palea arrangement or course or shape;palea architecture;vein pubescence">paleas equaling or slightly longer than the lemmas, linear, 2-veined, veins ciliolate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties=""><b>Lodicules </b>2, cuneate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="lodicule quantity;lodicule shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tex. |discussion=<p>Allolepis is a monotypic North American genus. It used to be included in Distichlis, but it differs in its paleal morphology, in never producing rhizomes, and in its soil preferences.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=soderstrom1965a |text=Soderstrom, T.R. and H.F. Decker. 1965. Allolepis: A new segregate of Disticblis (Gramineae). Madrono 18:33-64. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Allolepis |authority=Soderstr. & H.F. Decker |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Tex. |reference=soderstrom1965a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_39.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae |genus=Allolepis |branch orientation=ascending;appressed |culm some measurement=10cm;70cm |floret quantity=4;21 |intercostal region texture=coriaceous |lateral-vein prominence=inconspicuous |lateral-vein quantity=2;4 |leaf position=cauline |lemma architecture=3-veined;3-5(6)-veined |ligule architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate |ligule texture=membranous |lodicule quantity=2 |lodicule shape=cuneate |lower glume architecture=1-veined;1-5-veined |margin texture=scarious |midvein prominence=conspicuous |ovary architecture or shape=saccate |ovary position relational=surrounding |ovary width=narrowing |palea architecture=2-veined |palea arrangement or course or shape=linear |palea height or length or size=shorter |palea length or size=slightly longer |palea variability=equaling |spikelet architecture=staminate;pistillate;not disarticulating |style position relational=surrounding |upper glume architecture=1-3-veined |upper leaf position relational=exceeding |vein prominence=conspicuous |vein pubescence=ciliolate;puberulent |vein pubescence or relief=scabrous |vein quantity=3 |vein shape=keeled |whole_organism architecture=stoloniferous;pistillate;staminate |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant;plant |whole_organism reproduction=dioecious |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 Allolepis.