familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Danthonioideae
tribePoaceae tribe Danthonieae
genusKarroochloa

Karroochloa

Conert & Türpe
Stephen J. Darbyshire
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 308.
 TaxonIllustrator ⠉
FNA25 P119 Karroochloa pg 309.jpegKarroochloa purpureaHana Pazdírková
Linda A. Vorobik

Plants annual or perennial; cespitose, stoloniferous or rhizomatous. Culms 4-40 cm. Sheaths open; ligules of hairs; blades to 2 mm wide, flat, rolled, or involute. Inflorescences terminal, contracted panicles, 0.5-6 cm. Spikelets 4-8 mm, laterally compressed, with 3-7 florets; disarticulation above the glumes. Glumes 3.5-7 mm, subequal, equaling or exceeding the florets, 3-5 (7) -veined; calluses with lateral tufts of hairs; lemmas pubescent and/or with fringes, rows, or tufts of hair, 9-veined, awned from between the 2 apical lobes or teeth, awns twisted and geniculate; paleas 2-veined; lodicules 2, pubescent; anthers 3; ovaries glabrous. Caryopses about 1 mm; hila short, x = 6.

Distribution

Calif.

Discussion

Karroochloa is a southern African genus of four species.

Selected References

Conert, H.J. and A.M. Tiirpe. 1969. Karroochloa, ein neue Gattung der Gramineen (Poaceae, Arundinoideae, Danthonieae). Senckenberg. Biol. 50:289-318.

Lower Taxa

"decumbent" is not a number.

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Abaxial ligule presence
absent +
Abaxial ligule quantity
common +
Adaxial cell presence
absent +
Adaxial cell quantity
Not (?) +
Adaxial cell shape
bulliform +
Adaxial ligule architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Adaxial ligule presence
absent +
Adaxial ligule texture
membranous +
Anther quantity
3 +
Apical flap texture
membranous +
Apical lobe quantity
2 +
Apical tooth quantity
2 +
Arm cell anatomy
kranz +
Arm cell presence
absent +
Auricle presence
absent +
Author
Stephen J. Darbyshire +
Authority
Conert & Türpe +
Awn architecture
twisted +
Awn atypical quantity
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Awn orientation
arising +
Awn quantity
1 +
Awn shape
geniculate +
Back shape
keeled +  and rounded +
Basal segment architecture
twisted +
Basal segment prominence or shape
flat +
Base architecture
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
Base arrangement
separated +
Base position
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
Base size
swelling +
Base texture
hard +
Base width
thick +
Blade architecture
not pseudopetiolate +
Blade architecture or arrangement
non-radiate +
Blade position
adaxial +
Blade shape
involute +, rolled +  and flat +
Blade width
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Branch shape
spikelike +
Caryopsis arrangement
separate +
Caryopsis some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Culm architecture
hollow +  and solid +
Culm architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Culm duration
perennial +  and annual +
Culm growth form
climbing +
Culm growth form or location
floating +
Culm orientation
ascending +  and erect +
Culm some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Culm texture
woody +  and herbaceous +
Distal cell length or size
long +
Distal cell size or width
narrow +
Distal floret architecture
staminate +
Distribution
Calif. +
Embryo size
small +  and large +
Endosperm texture
hard +
Filament shape
capillary +
Floret architecture
pistillate +
Floret atypical quantity
20 +
Floret length or size
sometimes longer +
Floret quantity
3 +  and 7 +
Floret reproduction
bisexual +
Floret shape
compressed +
Fusoid cell presence
absent +
Glume architecture
3-5(7)-veined +
Glume architecture or shape
awned +
Glume position
subtending +
Glume quantity
2 +
Glume size
subequal +
Glume some measurement
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Glume variability
exceeding the florets +  and equaling +
Hair shape
non-uncinate +
Hilum arrangement or course or shape
long-linear +
Hilum coloration or relief
punctate +
Hilum height or length or size
short +
Inflorescence architecture
spicate +  and ebracteate +
Inflorescence arrangement
racemose +  and paniculate +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Internode architecture
solid +  and hollow +
Internode length
elongated +
Layer presence
absent +
Leaf arrangement
distichous +
Leaf margin arrangement
Overlapping (?) +
Lemma apex architecture or shape
bilobed +
Lemma architecture
9-veined +
Lemma architecture or shape
awned +
Lemma pubescence
pubescent +
Lemma shape
rounded +
Lemma texture
firmly membranous +  and coriaceous +
Ligule presence
absent +
Lobe shape
setaceous +
Lodicule fusion
free +
Lodicule prominence
inconspicuous +
Lodicule pubescence
pubescent +
Lodicule quantity
2 +
Lodicule texture
fleshy +
Microhair presence
absent +
Midrib architecture
simple +
Midvein size
extended +
Node prominence
concealed +  and prominent +
Number of lower taxa
1 +
Other quantity
2 +  and 1 +
Ovary development
developed +
Ovary presence
absent +
Ovary pubescence
glabrous +
Palea architecture
2-veined +
Palea development
well-developed +
Palea height or length or size
short +
Palea shape
keeled +
Panicle condition or size
contracted +
Panicle some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Papilla presence
absent +
Pericarp arrangement
separating +
Pericarp condition or texture
dry +
Pericarp texture
dry +  and fleshy +
Rachilla extension presence
absent +
Rachis prominence
evident +
Reference
conert1969a +
Sheath architecture
open +
Sheath condition
closed +
Source xml
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Spikelet fixation
attached +
Spikelet quantity
single +
Spikelet reproduction
sterile +, bisexual +  and unisexual +
Spikelet shape
compressed +
Spikelet some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Stamen quantity
1 +  and 3 +
Starch-grain architecture
compound +
Starch-grain architecture or shape
cleft +
Starch-grain presence
absent +
Style-branch atypical quantity
4 +  and 1 +
Style-branch quantity
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Style quantity
2 +
Subsidiary-cell architecture
parallel-sided +
Subsidiary-cell shape
dome--shaped +
Synonyms
Gramineae +
Taxon family
Poaceae +
Taxon name
Karroochloa +
Taxon parent
Poaceae tribe Danthonieae +
Taxon rank
genus +
Tissue coloration
hyaline +
Tissue texture
membranous +
Vascular-bundle quantity
1 +
Vein presence
absent +
Vein quantity
2 (?) +
Vein size
major +
Volume
Volume 25 +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +  and stoloniferous +
Whole organism arrangement or pubescence
tufted +
Whole organism duration
perennial +  and annual +
Whole organism growth form
plant +  and cespitose +
Whole organism growth form or habitat
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
X chromosome quantity
6 +