View source for Lagurus ← Lagurus 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=Lagurus |accepted_authority=L. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Lagurus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lagurus]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 24 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 670 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism arrangement or pubescence;whole_organism growth form">tufted.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation;culm orientation;culm pubescence;culm pubescence"><b>Culms </b>6-80 cm, erect or ascending, pilose or villous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf pubescence;leaf pubescence"><b>Leaves </b>pilose or villous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sheath architecture">sheaths open nearly to the base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="auricle presence">auricles absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="ligule architecture or shape;ligule architecture or relief;ligule architecture or pubescence or shape;abaxial surface pubescence">ligules truncate, erose, ciliate, abaxial surfaces densely pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade prominence or shape;blade arrangement or shape">blades flat at maturity, convolute in the bud.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence density;inflorescence shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal panicles, dense, ovoid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="spikelet shape;floret quantity"><b>Spikelets </b>laterally compressed, with 1 floret;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="">rachillas prolonged beyond the base of the floret, pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="rachilla length;rachilla pubescence">disarticulation above the glumes, beneath the floret.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="glume quantity;glume variability;glume shape;glume texture;glume pubescence;hair some measurement;hair architecture;vein shape;vein architecture or shape;awn pubescence"><b>Glumes </b>2, equal, exceeding the florets, lanceolate, membranous, pilose, hairs 2-3 mm, 1-veined, veins acuminate and awned, awns pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="callus shape;callus pubescence">calluses blunt, pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="lemma shape;lemma pubescence;lemma relief;lemma architecture;lemma architecture or shape;apex architecture or shape;lateral-vein architecture;central awn orientation;central awn architecture">lemmas lanceolate, pilose or scabridulous, 3-veined, 3-awned, apices bifid, lateral-veins extending as slender awns, not twisted below, central awn arising from the distal 1/3 of the lemma, twisted below;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="vein relief;point shape">paleas nearly as long as the lemmas, veins scabridulous, extending as awnlike points;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="lodicule quantity;lodicule arrangement or shape;lodicule pubescence;apex architecture or shape">lodicules 2, narrowly elliptic, glabrous, apices minutely bilobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="anther quantity">anthers 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="ovary pubescence">ovaries glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="style fusion;style arrangement">styles fused or separate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="caryopse architecture;caryopse shape;caryopse shape"><b>Caryopses </b>stipitate, subterete, ellipsoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="hilum quantity;hilum shape;x chromosome quantity">hila 1/5-1/4 as long as the caryopses, ovate, x = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=N.J.;Alta.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;N.C.;Fla.;Oreg.;Conn. |discussion=<p>Lagurus is a monotypic genus endemic to the Mediterranean region. Lagurus ovatus has been introduced in North America, as well as South America, southern Africa, and Australia. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental, and the dried flowering culms are used in floral arrangements.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=messeri1942a |text=Messeri, A. 1942. Studio sistematico e fitogeografico di Lagurus ovatus L. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 49:133-204 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=vergagno1965a |text=Vergagno Gambi, O. 1965. Osservazioni sullo sviluppo di Lagurus ovatus L. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 72:243-254. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Lagurus |author=Gordon C. Tucker; |authority=L. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=N.J.;Alta.;Ont.;Que.;Calif.;N.C.;Fla.;Oreg.;Conn. |reference=messeri1942a;vergagno1965a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V24/V24_943.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae |genus=Lagurus |abaxial surface pubescence=pubescent |anther quantity=3 |apex architecture or shape=bilobed;bifid |auricle presence=absent |awn pubescence=pilose |blade arrangement or shape=convolute |blade prominence or shape=flat |callus pubescence=pubescent |callus shape=blunt |caryopse architecture=stipitate |caryopse shape=ellipsoid;subterete |central awn architecture=twisted |central awn orientation=arising |culm orientation=ascending;erect |culm pubescence=villous;pilose |culm some measurement=6cm;80cm |floret quantity=1 |glume pubescence=pilose |glume quantity=2 |glume shape=lanceolate |glume texture=membranous |glume variability=equal |hair architecture=1-veined |hair some measurement=2mm;3mm |hilum quantity=1/5;1/4 |hilum shape=ovate |inflorescence density=dense |inflorescence shape=ovoid |lateral-vein architecture=twisted |leaf pubescence=villous;pilose |lemma architecture=3-veined |lemma architecture or shape=3-awned |lemma pubescence=pilose |lemma relief=scabridulous |lemma shape=lanceolate |ligule architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate |ligule architecture or relief=erose |ligule architecture or shape=truncate |lodicule arrangement or shape=elliptic |lodicule pubescence=glabrous |lodicule quantity=2 |ovary pubescence=glabrous |point shape=awnlike |rachilla length=prolonged |rachilla pubescence=pubescent |sheath architecture=open |spikelet shape=compressed |style arrangement=separate |style fusion=fused |vein architecture or shape=awned |vein relief=scabridulous |vein shape=acuminate |whole_organism arrangement or pubescence=tufted |whole_organism duration=annual |whole_organism growth form=plant |x chromosome quantity=7 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Poeae]] 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 Lagurus.