View source for Milium ← Milium 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=Milium |accepted_authority=L. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Milium |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>[[Milium]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 24 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 778 }}<!-- --><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 architecture;whole_organism growth form">cespitose, sometimes rhizomatous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm pubescence;culm pubescence"><b>Culms </b>10-180 cm, glabrous or hispidulous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="node quantity;node pubescence">nodes 2-5, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sheath architecture;sheath architecture or pubescence or relief;sheath pubescence or relief"><b>Sheaths </b>open, smooth or scabrous;</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 coloration;ligule pubescence;ligule shape">ligules hyaline, glabrous, obtuse to acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade prominence or shape;blade architecture or pubescence or relief;blade pubescence or relief">blades flat, smooth or scabrous over the veins.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="panicle architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>open panicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="branch orientation;branch architecture or pubescence or relief;branch pubescence or relief;branch some measurement">branches drooping to ascending, smooth or scabrous, some branches longer than 1 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet shape;floret quantity"><b>Spikelets </b>pedicellate, dorsally compressed, with 1 floret;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="">rachillas not prolonged beyond the base of the floret;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="rachilla length">disarticulation above the glumes, beneath the floret.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="glume variability;glume variability;glume variability;glume texture;glume architecture or pubescence or relief;glume pubescence or relief"><b>Glumes </b>equal, equaling or exceeding the lemmas, membranous, smooth or scabrous, 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 coloration;lemma texture;lemma pubescence;lemma reflectance;lemma architecture;margin shape or vernation">lemmas dark, coriaceous, glabrous, lustrous, obscurely 5-veined, margins involute, apices unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">paleas similar to the lemmas and partly enfolded by them;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="lodicule quantity;lodicule fusion;lodicule pubescence;lodicule shape;lodicule shape">lodicules 2, free, 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 height or length or size;caryopse prominence;caryopse pubescence"><b>Caryopses </b>shorter than the lemmas, concealed at maturity, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="caryopse length;caryopse quantity">hila 1/5 to nearly 1/2 the length of the caryopses.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="hilum quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 4, 5,7,9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Wis.;W.Va.;N.H.;N.J.;N.C.;Tenn.;N.Y.;Pa.;Va.;Conn.;Iowa;Ill.;Ind.;Mass.;Md.;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;Ohio;S.Dak.;Vt.;Idaho;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask. |discussion=<p>Milium is a circumtemperate genus of four species. All the species grow in mesic to dry mixed woods and dry open habitats. Milium effusum is native to the Flora region; M. vernale has become established.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=callihan1988a |text=Callihan, R.H. and D.S. Pavek. 1988. Milium vernale survey in Idaho County, Idaho. Idaho Weed Control Rep. 1988:153 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=femald1950a |text=Femald, M.I. 1950. The North American variety of Milium effusum. Rhodora 52:218-222. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants perennial; blades 8-17 mm wide; panicles 10-27 cm long; lemmas 2.3-3 mm long |[[Milium effusum|Milium effusum]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Plants annual; blades 1.9-5 mm wide; panicles 4-11.5 cm long; lemmas 2-2.3 mm long |[[Milium vernale|Milium vernale]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Milium |author=William J. Crins; |authority=L. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Wis.;W.Va.;N.H.;N.J.;N.C.;Tenn.;N.Y.;Pa.;Va.;Conn.;Iowa;Ill.;Ind.;Mass.;Md.;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;Ohio;S.Dak.;Vt.;Idaho;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Sask. |reference=callihan1988a;femald1950a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V24/V24_1107.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae |genus=Milium |anther quantity=3 |auricle presence=absent |blade architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |blade prominence or shape=flat |blade pubescence or relief=scabrous |branch architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |branch orientation=drooping;ascending |branch pubescence or relief=scabrous |branch some measurement=1 |callus pubescence=glabrous |callus shape=blunt |caryopse height or length or size=shorter |caryopse length=nearly |caryopse prominence=concealed |caryopse pubescence=glabrous |caryopse quantity=1/2 |culm pubescence=hispidulous;glabrous |culm some measurement=10cm;180cm |floret quantity=1 |glume architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |glume pubescence or relief=scabrous |glume texture=membranous |glume variability=exceeding the lemmas;equaling;equal |hilum quantity=1/5 |lemma architecture=5-veined |lemma coloration=dark |lemma pubescence=glabrous |lemma reflectance=lustrous |lemma texture=coriaceous |ligule coloration=hyaline |ligule pubescence=glabrous |ligule shape=obtuse;acute |lodicule fusion=free |lodicule pubescence=glabrous |lodicule quantity=2 |lodicule shape=not;toothed |margin shape or vernation=involute |node pubescence=glabrous |node quantity=2;5 |ovary pubescence=glabrous |panicle architecture=open |rachilla length=not prolonged |sheath architecture=open |sheath architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |sheath pubescence or relief=scabrous |spikelet architecture=pedicellate |spikelet shape=compressed |whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=plant;cespitose |x chromosome quantity=9;7;5;4 }}<!-- -->[[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 Milium.