Arthraxon typicus Koord.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Arthraxon

Characteristics

Perennial. Culms decumbent, rooting from lower nodes, 60 cm or more long. Leaf sheaths glabrous or tuberculate-hispid; leaf blades ovate or lanceolate, 6–10 cm × 10–23 mm, both surfaces subglabrous to hispid, base amplexicaul, margins pectinate-setose at least toward base, apex cuspidate; ligule 0.5–1 mm. Racemes 5–13, 3–8 cm, pale green or purplish, raceme bases flattened on inner face, flattened surface pubescent; rachis internodes 1/2–4/5 length of sessile spikelets, glabrous or thinly ciliate, hairs 0.2–0.5 mm. Sessile spikelet 4–5.5 mm; lower glume lanceolate, leathery, weakly convex, margins not inflexed, back asperulous, 7–9-veined, small spinulose tubercles along veins, rarely tubercles sparse; upper glume equaling or slightly longer than lower glume, narrowly leathery, hyaline margins 0.6–0.7 mm, midline smooth; lemma margins not ciliate; upper lemma subentire or 2-toothed, teeth 0.1–0.35 mm; awn 5–11 mm; palea absent. Anthers 3, (1.5–)2–3 mm. Pedicelled spikelet absent; pedicel subulate, glabrous or thinly ciliate, up to 2 mm.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Arthraxon typicus world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:390081-1
WFO ID wfo-0000849926
COL ID 67SBG
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Synonyms

Arthraxon breviaristatus Arthraxon junghuhnii Arthraxon nitidulus Arthraxon typicus Arthraxon maopingensis Batratherum khasianum Lucaea junghuhnii Lucaea typica Pleuroplitis junghuhnii Pleuroplitis major Arthraxon hispidus var. robustior