View source for Melinis ← Melinis 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=Melinis |accepted_authority=P. Beauv. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Melinis |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 Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melinis]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 490 }}<!-- --><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 variability;whole_organism growth form">habit various.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation;culm growth form or orientation;culm growth form or orientation;culm growth form or orientation;culm growth form or orientation"><b>Culms </b>20-150 cm, erect, decumbent, or prostrate.</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 of hairs or membranous and ciliate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="primary branch shape;secondary branch shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, simple pani¬cles or panicles of spikelike primary branches, usually with capillary secondary branches and pedicels;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="terminal panicle architecture;upper floret life cycle">disarticulation below the glumes, sometimes also below the upper florets, the upper florets then falling first.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="floret quantity"><b>Spikelets </b>with 2 florets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="lower glume presence;lower glume presence;lower glume architecture"><b>Lower </b>glumes present or absent, 0-1-veined, unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="upper glume variability;upper glume variability;upper glume shape;upper glume architecture;upper glume architecture or shape;upper glume architecture or shape;upper glume architecture or shape">upper glumes equaling or exceeding the florets, sometimes gibbous basally, 5-7-veined, emarginate to bilobed, awned or unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="lower floret architecture;lower floret reproduction">lower florets staminate or sterile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="lower glume shape">lower lem¬mas similar to the upper glumes, but not gibbous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="upper floret reproduction;upper floret shape">upper florets bisexual, laterally compressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="upper lemma texture;upper lemma pubescence;upper lemma architecture or pubescence or relief">upper lemmas subcoriaceous, glabrous, smooth, unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="">upper paleas resembling the upper lemmas;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="lodicule quantity;lodicule texture;lodicule texture;x chromosome quantity">lodicules 2, fleshy or membranous, x = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ga.;N.C.;Ariz.;Fla. |discussion=<p>Melinis is an African and western Asian genus of 22 species that grow in savannahs, open grasslands, and disturbed places. Two species have become established in the Flora region.</p><!-- --><p>Rhynchelytrum Nees has traditionally been treated as a separate genus, with the number of veins being the diagnostic character. Zizka (1988) showed that this separation was artificial; consequently the older generic name, Melinis, is now applied to species that used to be included in Rhynchelytrum.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=anderson1991a |text=Anderson, H.M. 1991. Melinis P. Beauv. Pp. 210-213 in G.E. Gibbs Russell, L. Watson, M. Koekemoer, L. Smook, N.P. Barker, H.M. Anderson, and M.J. Dallwitz. Grasses of Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). National Botanic Gardens, Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. 437 pp. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=zizka1988a |text=Zizka, G. 1988. Revision der Melinideae Hitchcock (Poaceae, Panicoideae). Biblioth. Bot. 138:1-149 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=zizka1990a |text=Zizka, G. 1990. Taxonomy of the Melinideae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23:563-572. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Glumes and pedicels glabrous, scabridulous; lower florets without paleas |[[Melinis minutiflora|Melinis minutiflora]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Glumes, and usually the pedicels, with hairs to 7 mm long; lower florets with paleas |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Leaf sheaths not strongly overlapping, blades not rolled |[[Melinis repens|Melinis repens]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Strongly overlapping leaf sheaths, rolled blades, and usually perennial |[[Melinis nerviglumis|Melinis nerviglumis]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Melinis |author=J.K. Wipff; |authority=P. Beauv. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Puerto Rico;Md.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ga.;N.C.;Ariz.;Fla. |reference=anderson1991a;zizka1988a;zizka1990a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_1307.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae |genus=Melinis |culm growth form or orientation=prostrate;decumbent;prostrate;decumbent |culm orientation=erect |culm some measurement=20cm;150cm |floret quantity=2 |ligule architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate |ligule texture=membranous |lodicule quantity=2 |lodicule texture=membranous;fleshy |lower floret architecture=staminate |lower floret reproduction=sterile |lower glume architecture=0-1-veined |lower glume presence=absent;absent |lower glume shape=not gibbous |primary branch shape=spikelike |secondary branch shape=capillary |sheath architecture=open |terminal panicle architecture=simple |upper floret life cycle=falling |upper floret reproduction=bisexual |upper floret shape=compressed |upper glume architecture=5-7-veined |upper glume architecture or shape=unawned;awned;emarginate;bilobed |upper glume shape=gibbous |upper glume variability=exceeding the florets;equaling |upper lemma architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |upper lemma pubescence=glabrous |upper lemma texture=subcoriaceous |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=plant |whole_organism variability=various |x chromosome quantity=9 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Paniceae]] 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 Melinis.