View source for Elionurus ← Elionurus 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=Elionurus |accepted_authority=Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Elyonurus |authority= |rank=genus }} |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Elionurus |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>[[Elionurus]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 684 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, occasionally annual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;rhizome height or length or size">cespitose, sometimes with short rhizomes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation;culm architecture"><b>Culms </b>10-150 cm, erect, sometimes branching above the base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf odor"><b>Leaves </b>sometimes aromatic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="">sheaths without glandular pits;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ligule texture;ligule architecture or pubescence or shape;ligule architecture or pubescence or shape">ligules shortly membranous and densely ciliate or of hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape">blades involute, flat, or folded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="rame architecture or arrangement or growth form;rame course"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, sometimes also axillary, composed of solitary, flexuous rames;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;internode shape">rame internodes columnar to clavate, apices strongly oblique, not hollowed or rimmed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="apex orientation or shape;apex relief;spikelet architecture">disarticulation in the rames, below the sessile spikelets.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pair architecture"><b>Spikelets </b>in sessile-pedicellate pairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet shape"><b>Sessile </b>spikelets dorsally compressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="callus shape;pedicel height or length or size">calluses blunt, sometimes resembling a short pedicel;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="lower glume texture;lower glume shape;keel architecture or pubescence or shape;intercarinal surface architecture or pubescence or relief;apex architecture or shape;apex architecture or shape">lower glumes enclosing the upper glumes, subcoriaceous, 2-keeled, keels prominently ciliate, intercarinal surface smooth, apices cuspidate to bilobed, rarely entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="lower floret size;lower floret reproduction">lower florets reduced, sterile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="upper floret reproduction">upper florets bisexual, unawned.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="pedicel fragility or size;pedicel fixation or orientation;pedicel fusion;pedicel pubescence;pedicel pubescence"><b>Pedicels </b>stout, appressed but not fused to the rame axes, pubescent or ciliate on the angles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet some measurement;spikelet variability;spikelet architecture;spikelet shape;spikelet architecture;spikelet architecture;x chromosome quantity"><b>Pedicellate </b>spikelets 3-8 mm, about equal to the sessile spikelets, staminate, muticous to awn-tipped, x = 5.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Ga.;Tex.;Ala.;Miss.;Ariz.;Fla.;N.Mex. |discussion=<p>Elionurus has 15 species. Most of the species are native to tropical Africa and America; one species is Australian. Several of the species are considered important elements of native pastures, but neither of the two species native to the Flora region is ever sufficiently abundant to be important in this regard.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Lower glumes densely pilose; pedicels pilose dorsally; culms antrorsely hirsute below the nodes |[[Elionurus barbiculmis|Elionurus barbiculmis]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Lower glumes glabrous or nearly so; pedicels ciliate on the angles, usually glabrous elsewhere; culms glabrous throughout |[[Elionurus tripsacoides|Elionurus tripsacoides]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Elionurus |author=Mary E. Barkworth; |authority=Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms=Elyonurus |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Ga.;Tex.;Ala.;Miss.;Ariz.;Fla.;N.Mex. |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_1637.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae |genus=Elionurus |apex architecture or shape=entire;cuspidate;bilobed |apex orientation or shape=oblique |apex relief=not rimmed |blade shape=folded;flat;folded;flat;involute |callus shape=blunt |culm architecture=branching |culm orientation=erect |culm some measurement=10cm;150cm |inflorescence position=axillary |inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal |intercarinal surface architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth |internode shape=columnar;clavate |keel architecture or pubescence or shape=ciliate |leaf odor=aromatic |ligule architecture or pubescence or shape=of hairs;ciliate |ligule texture=membranous |lower floret reproduction=sterile |lower floret size=reduced |lower glume shape=2-keeled |lower glume texture=subcoriaceous |pair architecture=sessile-pedicellate |pedicel fixation or orientation=appressed |pedicel fragility or size=stout |pedicel fusion=not fused |pedicel height or length or size=short |pedicel pubescence=ciliate;pubescent |rame architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |rame course=flexuous |rhizome height or length or size=short |spikelet architecture=sessile;awn-tipped;staminate;pedicellate;sessile;sessile |spikelet shape=muticous;compressed |spikelet some measurement=3mm;8mm |spikelet variability=equal |upper floret reproduction=bisexual |whole_organism duration=annual;perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant;cespitose |x chromosome quantity=5 }}<!-- -->[[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) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Return to Elionurus.