View source for Uniola ← Uniola 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=Uniola |accepted_authority=L. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Uniola |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>[[Uniola]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 22 }}<!-- --><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 architecture;whole_organism growth form">rhizomatous or stoloniferous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation;culm pubescence;culm architecture"><b>Culms </b>to 2.5 m, erect, glabrous, unbranched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties=""><b>Ligules </b>of hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade prominence or shape;blade shape or vernation;margin pubescence or relief;margin shape;apex shape">blades flat, becoming involute when dry, margins scabrous, tapering to an attenuate apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, simple panicles, exceeding the leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="panicle architecture">disarticulation below the glumes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="spikelet length;spikelet width;spikelet shape;spikelet shape;spikelet position;spikelet quantity;floret quantity;floret reproduction;floret reproduction"><b>Spikelets </b>8-50 mm long, 6-16 mm wide, ovate-elliptical to ovate-triangular, strongly laterally compressed, with 3-34 florets, lowest 2-8 florets sterile, remaining floret (s) bisexual.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="glume size;glume height or length or size;lemma arrangement;midvein shape;midvein architecture or shape"><b>Glumes </b>subequal, shorter than the adjacent lemmas, midveins keeled, serrate to serrulate, apices unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="lemma architecture;midvein shape;midvein shape or architecture;apex shape">lemmas 3-9-veined, midveins keeled, serrate to serrulate, apices somewhat blunt to acute or mucronate, unawned;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="palea presence;palea height or length or size;palea shape;lemma position relational;keel architecture;keel architecture;keel architecture">paleas, if present, from slightly shorter than to exceeding the lemmas, 2-keeled, keels winged, serrulate or ciliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="anther quantity">anthers 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary pubescence">ovary glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style quantity;style-branch quantity">styles 1, with 2 style-branches.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="caryopsis arrangement or course or shape"><b>Caryopses </b>linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">embryos less than 1/2 as long as the caryopses.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="embryo quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Md.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Del.;Ala.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;Ga.;Fla. |discussion=<p>Uniola has two species, both of which grow on coastal sand dunes. There is one species native to the Flora region; the second, U. pittieri Hack., extends from northern Mexico to Ecuador, primarily along the Pacific coast. The genus used to be interpreted as including Chasmanthium, a genus that is now included in the Centothecoideae.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=group2001a |text=Grass Phylogeny Working Group. 2001. Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88:373-457 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=yates1966b |text=Yates, H.O. 1966a. Morphology and cytology of Uniola (Gramineae). SouthW. Naturalist 11:145-189 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=yates1966d |text=Yates, H.O. 1966b. Revision of grasses traditionally referred to Uniola, I. Uniola and Leptochloopsis. SouthW. Naturalist 11:372-394 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=yates1966e |text=Yates, H.O. 1966c. Revision of grasses traditionally referred to Uniola, II. Chasmanthium. SouthW. Naturalist 11:415-455. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Uniola |author=H. Oliver Yates; |authority=L. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Md.;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Del.;Ala.;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;Ga.;Fla. |reference=group2001a;yates1966b;yates1966d;yates1966e |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_30.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae |genus=Uniola |anther quantity=3 |apex shape=blunt;acute or mucronate |blade prominence or shape=flat |blade shape or vernation=involute |caryopsis arrangement or course or shape=linear |culm architecture=unbranched |culm orientation=erect |culm pubescence=glabrous |culm some measurement=0m;2.5m |embryo quantity=0;1/2 |floret quantity=3;34 |floret reproduction=bisexual;sterile |glume height or length or size=shorter |glume size=subequal |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |keel architecture=ciliate;serrulate;winged |lemma architecture=3-9-veined |lemma arrangement=adjacent |lemma position relational=exceeding |margin pubescence or relief=scabrous |margin shape=tapering |midvein architecture or shape=serrate;serrulate |midvein shape=keeled;keeled |midvein shape or architecture=serrate to serrulate |ovary pubescence=glabrous |palea height or length or size=slightly shorter |palea presence=absent |palea shape=2-keeled |panicle architecture=simple |spikelet length=8mm;50mm |spikelet position=lowest |spikelet quantity=2;8 |spikelet shape=compressed;ovate-elliptical;ovate-triangular |spikelet width=6mm;16mm |style quantity=1 |style-branch quantity=2 |whole_organism architecture=stoloniferous;rhizomatous |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant |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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Uniola.