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Leptocarydion Hochst. ex Benth. & Hook.F.

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Annual. Leaf-blades broad and flat; ligule very short, membranous, minutely ciliate. Inflorescence dense and spike-like, composed of numerous crowded slender racemes. Spikelets laterally compressed, imbricate, subsessile or shortly pedicelled, appressed to the very slender rhachis of the secund spike-like racemes, disarticulating between the florets; glumes persistent, unequal, keeled, 1-nerved; lemmas exserted from the glumes, membranous, narrow in profile, keeled, awned from the entire or minutely toothed tip, lateral nerves silky-ciliate, lowest lemma occasionally glabrous or with only a few hairs; palea shorter than the lemma. Caryopsis linear, obtusely trigonous in cross-section.
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Spikelets shortly pedicelled, several-flowered, subsessile, laterally compressed, imbricate, appressed to the very slender rhachis of the secund, spike-like racemes, disarticulating above the glumes and between the florets; glumes persistent, unequal, keeled, 1-nerved, shorter than the spikelet; lemmas membranous, keeled, 3-nerved, awned from the entire or minutely toothed apex, the lateral nerves silky-ciliate (the lowermost lemma occasionally glabrous or with only a few hairs).
Inflorescence dense and spike-like, comprising numerous crowded racemes.
Caryopsis linear, obtusely trigonous in section.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Leptocarydion world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18376-1
WFO ID wfo-4000021229
COL ID 8VYTL
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Synonyms

Leptocarydion

Lower taxons

Leptocarydion vulpiastrum
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