View source for Arthraxon ← Arthraxon 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=Arthraxon |accepted_authority=P. Beauv. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Arthraxon |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arthraxon]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 677 }}<!-- --><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="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form">scrambling.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation;culm architecture;culm architecture"><b>Culms </b>0.5-2 m, ascending to decumbent, often rooting at the nodes, branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf odor"><b>Leaves </b>not aromatic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sheath architecture;outer margin pubescence;hair architecture">sheaths open, at least the outer margins pubescent, usually with papillose-based hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ligule texture;ligule shape;ligule shape">ligules membranous, fimbriate or ciliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape">blades ovate to ovatelanceolate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal and axillary, panicles of subdigitate, often flabellate, clusters of rames;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="">rame internodes not sulcate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="internode architecture;spikelet architecture">disarticulation in the rames, beneath the sessile spikelets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pair architecture;pair architecture;pedicel architecture or arrangement or growth form;pedicel architecture;pedicel size;spikelet quantity"><b>Spikelets </b>in heteromorphic sessile-pedicellate pairs or appearing solitary and sessile, pedicels greatly reduced and lacking spikelets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet reproduction;floret quantity"><b>Sessile </b>spikelets bisexual, with 2 florets;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="callus presence;callus shape">calluses absent or blunt;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="glume variability;glume size">glumes equal or subequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="lower floret reproduction;lower floret size">lower florets sterile, reduced to an unawned lemma;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="upper floret reproduction;upper floret architecture or shape">upper florets bisexual, awned (rarely unawned);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="anther quantity;anther quantity">anthers 2 or 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="pedicel some measurement;pedicel size or width;pedicel fusion"><b>Pedicels </b>0.2-3 mm, not thickened, not fused to the rame axes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet presence;spikelet prominence;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity"><b>Pedicellate </b>spikelets absent or rudimentary, x = 9, 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Del.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);N.J.;N.Y.;Fla.;Puerto Rico;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Va.;Ind.;Ohio;Ala.;Miss.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Mass.;Md.;Okla.;D.C;Oreg.;Mo.;Kans.;Ky. |discussion=<p>Arthraxon is a genus of seven species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere; one species is established in the Flora region.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=welzen1981a |text=Welzen, P.C. van. 1981. A taxonomic revision of Arthraxon Beauv. (Gramineae). Blumea 27:255-300. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Arthraxon |author=John W. Thieret; |authority=P. Beauv. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Del.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);N.J.;N.Y.;Fla.;Puerto Rico;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Va.;Ind.;Ohio;Ala.;Miss.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Mass.;Md.;Okla.;D.C;Oreg.;Mo.;Kans.;Ky. |reference=welzen1981a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_1624.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae |genus=Arthraxon |anther quantity=3;2 |blade shape=ovate;ovatelanceolate |callus presence=absent |callus shape=blunt |culm architecture=branched;rooting |culm orientation=ascending;decumbent |culm some measurement=0.5m;2m |floret quantity=2 |glume size=subequal |glume variability=equal |hair architecture=papillose-based |inflorescence position=axillary |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |internode architecture=not sulcate |leaf odor=not aromatic |ligule shape=ciliate;fimbriate |ligule texture=membranous |lower floret reproduction=sterile |lower floret size=reduced |outer margin pubescence=pubescent |pair architecture=sessile-pedicellate;heteromorphic |pedicel architecture=sessile |pedicel architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |pedicel fusion=not fused |pedicel size=reduced |pedicel size or width=not thickened |pedicel some measurement=0.2mm;3mm |sheath architecture=open |spikelet architecture=pedicellate;sessile;sessile |spikelet presence=absent |spikelet prominence=rudimentary |spikelet quantity=lacking |spikelet reproduction=bisexual |upper floret architecture or shape=awned |upper floret reproduction=bisexual |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=plant;scrambling |x chromosome quantity=10;9 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]] 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 Arthraxon.