View source for Eleusine ← Eleusine 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=Eleusine |accepted_authority=Gaertn. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Eleusine |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>[[Eleusine]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 109 }}<!-- --><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">cespitose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm growth form or texture;culm pubescence;culm architecture"><b>Culms </b>10-150 cm, herbaceous, glabrous, branching both at and above the base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="sheath architecture"><b>Sheaths </b>open;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="ligule texture;ligule architecture or pubescence or shape">ligules membranous, ciliate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;branch atypical quantity;branch quantity;branch architecture;branch shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, panicles of (1) 2-20 non-disarticulating, spikelike branches, exceeding the upper leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="branch some measurement;branch architecture;branch arrangement;branch quantity;branch atypical quantity;branch fixation;axis shape">branches 1-17 cm, all or most in a digitate cluster, sometimes 1 (2) branch (es) attached immediately below the terminal whorl, axes flattened, terminating in a functional spikelet.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="floret quantity;floret reproduction"><b>Spikelets </b>3.5-11 mm, laterally compressed, with 2-15 bisexual florets;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spikelet some measurement;spikelet shape">disarticulation above the glumes and between the florets (E. coracana not disarticulating).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="glume size;glume height or length or size"><b>Glumes </b>unequal, shorter than the lower lemmas;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="lower glume architecture">lower glumes 1-3-veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="upper glume architecture">upper glumes 3-5 (7) -veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="lemma architecture;lemma pubescence;lemma shape;apex architecture or shape;apex shape;apex architecture or shape">lemmas 3-veined, glabrous, keeled, apices entire, neither mucronate nor awned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="keel architecture">paleas sometimes with winged keels;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther quantity;anther some measurement">anthers 3, 0.5-1 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary pubescence">ovaries glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="caryopsis development;pericarp width;pericarp arrangement"><b>Fruits </b>modified caryopses, pericarp thin, separating from the seed at an early stage in its development;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed shape;surface relief;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">seeds usually obtusely trigonous, the surfaces ornamented, x = 8, 9, 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;W.Va.;Va.;Wis.;Del.;D.C;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;Ont.;Que.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.Dak.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Nev.;Colo.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Ala.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;R.I.;Miss.;Ky.;Oreg. |discussion=<p>Eight of the nine species of Eleusine ate native to Africa, where they grow in mesic to xeric habitats; the exception, E. tristachya, is native to South America. Three species have become established in the Flora region. When moistened, the seeds of all species are easily freed from the thin pericarp.</p><!-- --><p>Eleusine coracana subsp. africana, E. indica, and E. tristachya are widely distributed weeds. Eleusine coracana subsp. coracana was domesticated in East Africa and subsequently introduced to India and China. It is frequently grown for grain in India and Africa.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=hilu1980a |text=Hilu, K.W. 1980. Noteworthy collections: Eleusine tristachya. Madrono 27:177-178 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=hilu1997a |text=Hilu, K.W. and J.L. Johnson. 1997. Systematics of Eleusine Gaertn. (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Chloroplast DNA and total evidence. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 84:841-847 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=phillips1972a |text=Phillips, S.M. 1972. A survey of the genus Eleusine Gaertner (Gramineae) in Africa. Kew Bull. 27:251-70. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Panicles with 1-3 oblong branches 1-6(8) cm long, attached in a single digitate cluster |[[Eleusine tristachya|Eleusine tristachya]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Panicles with 4-20 linear branches 3.5-17 cm long, 1(2) of the branches attached below the terminal, digitate cluster. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Lower glumes 1-veined; panicle branches 3-5.5 mm wide; surface of the seeds striate |[[Eleusine indica|Eleusine indica]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Lower glumes 2- or 3-veined; panicle branches 5-15 mm wide; surface of the seeds granular |[[Eleusine coracana|Eleusine coracana]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Eleusine |author=Khidir W. Hilu; |authority=Gaertn. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;W.Va.;Va.;Wis.;Del.;D.C;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;Ont.;Que.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.Dak.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Nev.;Colo.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Ala.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;R.I.;Miss.;Ky.;Oreg. |reference=hilu1980a;hilu1997a;phillips1972a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_174.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae |genus=Eleusine |anther quantity=3 |anther some measurement=0.5mm;1mm |apex architecture or shape=awned;entire |apex shape=mucronate |axis shape=flattened |branch architecture=digitate;non-disarticulating |branch arrangement=cluster |branch atypical quantity=2;1 |branch fixation=attached |branch quantity=1;2;20 |branch shape=spikelike |branch some measurement=1cm;17cm |caryopsis development=modified |culm architecture=branching |culm growth form or texture=herbaceous |culm pubescence=glabrous |culm some measurement=10cm;150cm |floret quantity=2;15 |floret reproduction=bisexual |glume height or length or size=shorter |glume size=unequal |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |keel architecture=winged |lemma architecture=3-veined |lemma pubescence=glabrous |lemma shape=keeled |ligule architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate |ligule texture=membranous |lower glume architecture=1-3-veined |ovary pubescence=glabrous |pericarp arrangement=separating |pericarp width=thin |seed shape=trigonous |sheath architecture=open |spikelet shape=compressed |spikelet some measurement=3.5mm;11mm |surface relief=ornamented |upper glume architecture=3-5(7)-veined |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=plant;cespitose |x chromosome quantity=10;9;8 }}<!-- -->[[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 Eleusine.