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Euclasta Franch.

Mock bluestem (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Annuals; leaf-blades flat; ligule membranous. Inflorescence of 1-several subdigitate racemes, these with 1–3 homogamous pairs at the base; internodes and pedicels linear, with a hyaline median line. Sessile spikelet dorsally compressed; callus very short, rounded; lower glume ± flat on the back, abruptly rounded on the flanks, without pits; lower floret reduced to a hyaline lemma; upper lemma entire, with a glabrous or pubescent awn. Caryopsis oblong, dorsally compressed. Pedicelled spikelet large, herbaceous.
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Inflorescences terminal and axillary, of delicate solitary or subdigitate pedunculate racemes; racemes with 1–3 large homogamous pairs at the base; rhachis internodes and pedicels with a translucent longitudinal groove.
Sessile spikelet: inferior glume chartaceous, ± flat; inferior floret empty with a hyaline lemma; superior floret bisexual, the lemma entire, stipitiform.
Pedicelled spikelet larger than the sessile, male or neuter.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Euclasta world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, Sudan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295145-2
WFO ID wfo-4000014119
COL ID 8VXJL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 806942
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Euclasta

Lower taxons

Euclasta condylotricha Euclasta oligantha Euclasta clarkei
WorldFloraDB 2024