View source for Sesleria ← Sesleria 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=Sesleria |accepted_authority=Scop. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Sesleria |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>[[Sesleria]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 24 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 678 }}<!-- --><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 architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form">more or less cespitose, sometimes rhizomatous, rarely stoloniferous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm atypical some measurement;culm some measurement"><b>Culms </b>3-80 (100) cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="">sheaths closed for most of their length, often shredding when mature;</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 some measurement;ligule texture;ligule shape;ligule pubescence">ligules 0.1-1 mm, membranous, truncate to obtuse, usually ciliolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade prominence or shape;blade architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation;blade shape or vernation">blades flat, plicate, or involute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence shape;inflorescence density;terminal panicle quantity;bract shape;bract texture;bract coloration;bract architecture or relief;scale quantity;scale pubescence;bract quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>single terminal panicles, cylindrical to globose, usually dense, sometimes subtended by ovate to round, scarious or hyaline, erose bracts, sometimes by 1-2 pubescent scales, sometimes without subtending scales or bracts, more than 1 spikelet associated with each node;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="branch some measurement">branches shorter than 10 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="spikelet some measurement;spikelet shape;floret quantity;uppermost floret size"><b>Spikelets </b>3-9 mm, laterally compressed, with 2-5 florets, uppermost florets reduced;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="floret size">rachillas usually glabrous, rarely sparsely pilose, sometimes prolonged beyond the base of the distal floret, sometimes terminating in a reduced floret;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="rachilla pubescence;rachilla pubescence;rachilla length">disarticulation above the glumes, beneath the florets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="glume size;glume height or length or size;glume texture;glume architecture;apex architecture or shape;awn pubescence"><b>Glumes </b>unequal, usually shorter than the lowest lemmas, scarious to membranous, 1-3-veined, apices awned, awns glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="callus height or length or size;callus shape;callus pubescence;callus pubescence;hair arrangement">calluses very short, broadly rounded, glabrous or with scattered hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="lemma texture;lemma architecture;lemma quantity;central lateral tooth shape;central lateral tooth length or size;tooth shape">lemmas membranous, 5-7-veined, 3-5 veins usually extending into awnlike teeth, central teeth longer than the lateral teeth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="palea variability;palea variability">paleas equaling or exceeding the lemmas;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="lodicule quantity;lodicule fusion;lodicule pubescence;lodicule shape">lodicules 2, free, glabrous, toothed;</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 pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="caryopse some measurement"><b>Caryopses </b>1.5-3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="">embryos 1/4-1/3 the length of the caryopses.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="embryo quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |discussion=<p>Sesleria has approximately 30 species. Most abundant in the Balkans, it extends from Iceland, Great Britain, and southern Sweden through central and southern Europe into northwest Asia. Four species are cultivated in North America.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=conert1992c |text=Conert, H.J. 1992. Sesleria. Pp. 473-480 in G. Hegi. Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa, ed. 3. Band I, Teil 3, Lieferung 6 (pp. 401-480). Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin and Hamburg, Germany }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=conert1994a |text=Conert, H.J. 1994. Sesleria (continued). Pp. 481-486 in G. Hegi. Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa, ed. 3. Band I, Teil 3, Lieferung 7 (pp. 481-560). Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin, Germany }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=deyl1980a |text=Deyl, M. 1980. Seskria Scop. Pp. 173-177 in T.G. Tutin, V.H. Heywood, N.A. Burges, D.M. Moore, D.H. Valentine, S.M. Walters and D.A. Webb (eds.). Flora Europaea, vol. 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 439 pp. }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=pignatti1982a |text=Pignatti, S. 1982. Sesleria. Pp. 505-509 in S. Pignatti, Flora d'ltalia, vol. 3. Edagricole, Bologna, Italy. 780 pp. }} }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Panicies cylindrical, 4.5-10 cm long, 4-7 mm wide |[[Sesleria autumnalis|Sesleria autumnalis]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Panicles ovoid, spherical, or cylindrical, 0.9-4(8) cm long, 5-15 mm wide. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Glumes 5-6.5 mm long, lanceolate; anthers about 2.2 mm long; lemmas glabrous |[[Sesleria nitida|Sesleria nitida]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Glumes 3-5 mm long, ovate to ovate-lanceolate; anthers 2.3-4 mm long; lemmas pubescent. |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Glumes 3-4 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous; anthers about 4 mm long |[[Sesleria heufleriana|Sesleria heufleriana]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Glumes 4-5 mm long, ovate, hyaline; anthers 2.3-3.2 mm long |[[Sesleria caerulea|Sesleria caerulea]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Sesleria |author=Mary E. Barkworth; |authority=Scop. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |reference=conert1992c;conert1994a;deyl1980a;pignatti1982a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V24/V24_958.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae |genus=Sesleria |anther quantity=3 |apex architecture or shape=awned |auricle presence=absent |awn pubescence=glabrous |blade architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation=plicate |blade prominence or shape=flat |blade shape or vernation=involute |bract architecture or relief=erose |bract coloration=hyaline |bract shape=ovate;round |bract texture=scarious |branch some measurement=10 |callus height or length or size=short |callus pubescence=with scattered hairs;glabrous |callus shape=rounded |caryopse some measurement=1.5mm;3mm |central lateral tooth length or size=longer |central lateral tooth shape=awnlike |culm atypical some measurement=100 |culm some measurement=3cm;80cm |embryo quantity=1/4;1/3 |floret quantity=2;5 |floret size=reduced |glume architecture=1-3-veined |glume height or length or size=usually shorter |glume size=unequal |glume texture=scarious;membranous |hair arrangement=scattered |inflorescence density=dense |inflorescence shape=cylindrical;globose |leaf position=basal |lemma architecture=5-7-veined |lemma quantity=3;5 |lemma texture=membranous |ligule pubescence=ciliolate |ligule shape=truncate;obtuse |ligule some measurement=0.1mm;1mm |ligule texture=membranous |lodicule fusion=free |lodicule pubescence=glabrous |lodicule quantity=2 |lodicule shape=toothed |ovary pubescence=pubescent |palea variability=exceeding the lemmas;equaling |rachilla length=prolonged |rachilla pubescence=pilose;glabrous |scale pubescence=pubescent |scale quantity=1;2 |spikelet shape=compressed |spikelet some measurement=3mm;9mm |terminal panicle quantity=single |tooth shape=awnlike |uppermost floret size=reduced |whole_organism architecture=stoloniferous;rhizomatous |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant;cespitose |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/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Sesleria.