Melica yajiangensis Z.L.Wu

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Melica

Characteristics

Perennial, loosely tufted. Culms 55–75 cm tall, 1–2 mm in diam., 4–5-noded. Lower leaf sheaths pilose, longer than internodes, upper sheaths glabrous, shorter than internodes; leaf blades narrowly linear, up to 27 cm × 2–3 mm, abaxial surface smooth, adaxial surface ribbed, ribs scaberulous; ligule 0.3–0.5 mm. Panicle open, 15–25 cm; branches 2 per node, horizontally spreading, very fine, unbranched, up to 12 cm, bearing relatively few distant spikelets; pedicels setaceous, up to 20 mm. Spikelets 5–8 mm, gray-green, fertile floret 1, 1 smaller sterile floret raised on 2–3 mm densely scabrid internode; glumes subequal, narrowly lanceolate, as long as or longer than florets, hyaline, lower glume 5–7 mm, upper glume 6–8 mm, both acuminate; lemmas lanceolate-oblong, lowest 4–5 mm, herbaceous, granular-scaberulous, 7-veined, upper margins and apex narrowly membranous, apex acute; palea as long as or slightly shorter than lemma, keels scabrid, ciliolate near apex. Anthers 1.8–2 mm. Fl. Aug–Sep.
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Distribution

Melica yajiangensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961125-1
WFO ID wfo-0000879503
COL ID 72YSR
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Synonyms

Melica yajiangensis