View source for Polytrias ← Polytrias 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=Polytrias |accepted_authority=Hack. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Polytrias |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 Andropogoneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Polytrias]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 623 }}<!-- --><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 architecture;whole_organism growth form">stoloniferous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm growth form or orientation;culm architecture"><b>Culms </b>10-40 cm, often decumbent and rooting at the lower nodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf odor"><b>Leaves </b>not aromatic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="ligule texture;ligule shape;ligule shape">ligules membranous, ciliate or fimbriate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form;triplet architecture;triplet architecture;spikelet quantity;spikelet architecture;spikelet architecture;spikelet quantity;spikelet architecture;spikelet architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, solitary rames, spikelets in homomorphic sessile-pedicellate triplets of 2 sessile spikelets and 1 pedicellate spikelet;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="median line coloration or reflectance">internodes without a median translucent line;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet architecture">disarticulation in the rames below the sessile spikelets, sometimes also beneath the pedicellate spikelets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spikelet shape;floret quantity"><b>Spikelets </b>dorsally compressed, with 1 floret;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet reproduction">sessile spikelets bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet reproduction;spikelet reproduction;spikelet reproduction;spikelet reproduction;spikelet reproduction">pedicellate spikelets bisexual, unisexual, or sterile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="glume variability;glume shape;glume architecture or shape;glume texture"><b>Glumes </b>equal, oblong, truncate, membranous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="margin orientation">lower glumes with the margins incurved over the upper glumes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="upper glume shape">upper glumes keeled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="floret reproduction">florets bisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="lemma coloration;lemma architecture or shape;lemma architecture or shape">lemmas hyaline, bifid almost to the base, awned from the cleft;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="awn architecture;awn shape">awns twisted, geniculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="anther quantity">anthers 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="pedicel fusion;x chromosome quantity"><b>Pedicels </b>not fused to the rame axes, x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Puerto Rico;Fla. |discussion=<p>Polytrias is a monotypic genus of the Asian tropics that has become naturalized in Africa and the Western Hemisphere. It is unusual within the Andropogoneae in having only one floret, rather than two, in its spikelets.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Polytrias |author=Mary E. Barkworth; |authority=Hack. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Puerto Rico;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_1523.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae |genus=Polytrias |anther quantity=3 |awn architecture=twisted |awn shape=geniculate |culm architecture=rooting |culm growth form or orientation=decumbent |culm some measurement=10cm;40cm |floret quantity=1 |floret reproduction=bisexual |glume architecture or shape=truncate |glume shape=oblong |glume texture=membranous |glume variability=equal |inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |leaf odor=not aromatic |lemma architecture or shape=awned;bifid |lemma coloration=hyaline |ligule shape=fimbriate;ciliate |ligule texture=membranous |margin orientation=incurved |median line coloration or reflectance=translucent |pedicel fusion=not fused |spikelet architecture=pedicellate;sessile;pedicellate;sessile;pedicellate;sessile;pedicellate;sessile |spikelet quantity=2;2 |spikelet reproduction=sterile;unisexual;sterile;unisexual;bisexual;bisexual |spikelet shape=compressed |triplet architecture=sessile-pedicellate;homomorphic |upper glume shape=keeled |whole_organism architecture=stoloniferous |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant |x chromosome quantity=10 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]] 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 Polytrias.