View source for Limnodea ← Limnodea 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=Limnodea |accepted_authority=L.H. Dewey |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Limnodea |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>[[Limnodea]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 24 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 776 }}<!-- --><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 growth form or orientation;culm architecture;culm pubescence"><b>Culms </b>to 60 cm, often prostrate and branching at the base, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="internode architecture">internodes solid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sheath architecture;sheath condition;sheath shape;sheath pubescence"><b>Sheaths </b>open or closed, rounded on the back, frequently hispid;</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 texture;ligule shape;ligule architecture or pubescence or shape">ligules membranous, usually lacerate and minutely ciliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade prominence or shape;blade orientation;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence">blades flat, mostly ascending, abaxial and/or adaxial surfaces glabrous or hispid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescences panicle condition or size"><b>Inflorescences </b>panicles, loosely contracted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="branch some measurement">branches spikelet-bearing to the base or nearly so, some branches longer than 1 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="">disarticulation below the glumes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet shape;floret quantity"><b>Spikelets </b>pedicellate, subterete, with 1 floret;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="rachilla length;rachilla pubescence">rachillas prolonged beyond the base of the floret as a slender bristle, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="glume variability;glume texture;glume texture;glume pubescence;glume pubescence;glume shape;glume architecture;glume architecture;glume shape"><b>Glumes </b>equal, rigid, coriaceous, hispid or scabrous throughout, rounded over the midvein, veinless or obscurely 3-5-veined, acute, unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="callus shape;callus pubescence">calluses blunt, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="lemma pubescence or texture;lemma architecture;lemma architecture;lemma architecture;lemma shape;lemma shape;lemma architecture or shape;glume variability;awn position;awn shape;basal segment position;basal segment architecture">lemmas equaling the glumes, chartaceous, smooth, veinless or inconspicuously 3-veined, minutely bifid or acute, awned, awns subterminal, exceeding the florets, geniculate near midlength, basal segment twisted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="palea height or length or size;palea architecture;base architecture;base coloration">paleas shorter than the lemmas, veinless or the base 2-veined, hyaline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="lodicule quantity;lodicule pubescence;lodicule shape;lodicule shape">lodicules 2, glabrous, toothed or not;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="anther quantity">anthers 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="ovary pubescence">ovaries glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="caryopse some measurement;caryopse height or length or size;caryopse prominence;caryopse arrangement or course or shape;x chromosome quantity"><b>Caryopses </b>about 2.5 mm, shorter than the lemmas, concealed at maturity, linear, x = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Okla.;Tex.;La.;Ala.;Ark.;Miss.;S.C.;Fla. |discussion=<p>Limnodea is a monotypic genus of the southern United States and adjacent Mexico.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=brandenburg2000b |text=Brandenburg, D.M. and J.W. Thieret. 2000. Cinna and Limnodea (Poaceae): Not congeneric. Sida 19:195-200. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Limnodea |author=Neil Snow; |authority=L.H. Dewey |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Okla.;Tex.;La.;Ala.;Ark.;Miss.;S.C.;Fla. |reference=brandenburg2000b |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V24/V24_1100.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae |genus=Limnodea |adaxial surface pubescence=hispid;glabrous |anther quantity=3 |auricle presence=absent |awn position=subterminal |awn shape=geniculate |basal segment architecture=twisted |basal segment position=midlength |base architecture=2-veined |base coloration=hyaline |blade orientation=ascending |blade prominence or shape=flat |branch some measurement=1 |callus pubescence=glabrous |callus shape=blunt |caryopse arrangement or course or shape=linear |caryopse height or length or size=shorter |caryopse prominence=concealed |caryopse some measurement=2.5 |culm architecture=branching |culm growth form or orientation=prostrate |culm pubescence=glabrous |culm some measurement=0cm;60cm |floret quantity=1 |glume architecture=3-5-veined;veinless |glume pubescence=scabrous;hispid |glume shape=acute;rounded |glume texture=coriaceous;rigid |glume variability=equaling;equal |inflorescences panicle condition or size=contracted |internode architecture=solid |lemma architecture=3-veined;veinless;smooth |lemma architecture or shape=awned |lemma pubescence or texture=chartaceous |lemma shape=acute;bifid |ligule architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate |ligule shape=lacerate |ligule texture=membranous |lodicule pubescence=glabrous |lodicule quantity=2 |lodicule shape=not;toothed |ovary pubescence=glabrous |palea architecture=veinless |palea height or length or size=shorter |rachilla length=prolonged |rachilla pubescence=glabrous |sheath architecture=open |sheath condition=closed |sheath pubescence=hispid |sheath shape=rounded |spikelet architecture=pedicellate |spikelet shape=subterete |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 Limnodea.