View source for Neyraudia ← Neyraudia 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=Neyraudia |accepted_authority=Hook. f. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Neyraudia |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>[[Neyraudia]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 30 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;rhizome height or length or size;rhizome width;rhizome architecture or pubescence">cespitose, with short, thick, scaly rhizomes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm height;culm thickness;culm shape;culm texture"><b>Culms </b>80-500 cm tall, to 1.5 cm thick, reedlike, almost woody;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="internode architecture">internodes solid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, evenly distributed, distichous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="margin arrangement">sheaths with tightly overlapping margins;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="ridge pubescence or texture;line position">ligules a cartilaginous ridge subtending a line of hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade width;blade prominence or shape;blade duration;margin pubescence or texture">blades broad, flat, deciduous at maturity, margins not cartilaginous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, plumose panicles, 30-80 cm, exceeding the upper leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="panicle shape;panicle some measurement">disarticulation above the glumes and between the florets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="spikelet shape"><b>Spikelets </b>laterally compressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="floret atypical quantity;floret quantity;floret reproduction;lemma architecture">florets (2) 4-10, bisexual, lowest florets sometimes only an empty lemma;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="rachilla internode pubescence">rachilla internodes glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="glume quantity;glume height or length or size;glume size;glume shape;glume pubescence;glume texture;glume architecture;glume shape"><b>Glumes </b>2, shorter than the lemmas, subequal, narrowly ovate, glabrous, membranous, 1-veined, acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="callus shape;callus pubescence">calluses obtuse, pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="lemma shape;lemma texture;lemma coloration;lemma architecture;midvein pubescence;margin length or size;margin pubescence;lateral-vein length or size;lateral-vein pubescence;apex architecture or shape;apex architecture or shape">lemmas narrowly ovate, thinly membranous to hyaline, 3-veined, midveins glabrous, margins and lateral-veins long pilose on the distal 2/3, apices bifid, shortly awned from between the teeth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="">paleas shorter than the lemmas, hyaline, 2-keeled.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="palea height or length or size;palea coloration;palea shape;x chromosome quantity">x = unknown, frequently reported as 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Fla. |discussion=<p>Neyraudia is a genus of 2-4 species from the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere. One Asian species is established in Florida. It differs from the other species in the genus in having a sterile lemma at the base of the spikelets. Reports of Neyraudia arundinacea occurring in the Flora region have not been substantiated.</p><!-- --><p>Neyraudia is often mistaken for Phragmites, but that genus has villous rachilla internodes and glabrous lemmas.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Neyraudia |author=Gerald F. Guala; |authority=Hook. f. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Fla. |reference=None |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_43.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae |genus=Neyraudia |apex architecture or shape=awned;bifid |blade duration=deciduous |blade prominence or shape=flat |blade width=broad |callus pubescence=pilose |callus shape=obtuse |culm height=80cm;500cm |culm shape=reedlike |culm texture=woody |culm thickness=0cm;1.5cm |floret atypical quantity=2 |floret quantity=4;10 |floret reproduction=bisexual |glume architecture=1-veined |glume height or length or size=shorter |glume pubescence=glabrous |glume quantity=2 |glume shape=acute;ovate |glume size=subequal |glume texture=membranous |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |internode architecture=solid |lateral-vein length or size=long |lateral-vein pubescence=pilose |leaf arrangement=distichous;distributed |leaf position=cauline |lemma architecture=3-veined;empty |lemma coloration=hyaline |lemma shape=ovate |lemma texture=membranous |line position=subtending |margin arrangement=overlapping |margin length or size=long |margin pubescence=pilose |margin pubescence or texture=not cartilaginous |midvein pubescence=glabrous |palea coloration=hyaline |palea height or length or size=shorter |palea shape=2-keeled |panicle shape=plumose |panicle some measurement=30cm;80cm |rachilla internode pubescence=glabrous |rhizome architecture or pubescence=scaly |rhizome height or length or size=short |rhizome width=thick |ridge pubescence or texture=cartilaginous |spikelet shape=compressed |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant;cespitose |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[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) Return to Neyraudia.