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Miscanthus junceus (Stapf) Pilg.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Miscanthus

Characteristics

Tufted perennial, 1.0-1.8 m high. Leaf blade up to 500-1000 x 3 mm, terete. Inflorescence a large, plumose panicle; spikelets paired, unequally pedicelled, similar in form and function. Spikelets 4-5 mm long, dorsiventrally compressed; glumes ± equal, as long as spikelet, very dissimilar, awnless; lower glume ± flattened on back, 2-keeled with inflexed margins; upper glume 1-keeled. Florets 2; lower floret sterile, hyaline, less firm than glumes; upper floret bisexual, lemma less firm than glumes, awn as long as to longer than body of lemma. Flowering time Nov.-June.
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Perennial; 1.0-1.8 m high; rhizomatous; tufted. Leaf blades up to 500-1000 x 3 mm; terete; reduced to a yellow midrib. Flowers: panicle contracted; 200-550 mm long; spikelets 3-5 mm long; lower glume hairy; upper lemma awned; awns 2-10 mm long.
Perennial, tufted, up to 1.8 m high. Leaf blades 500-1000 mm long, up to 3 mm wide (terete). Spikelets 4-5 mm long.
Leaf laminas 1–3 mm in diameter, terete, the midrib represented by a slender yellow line on the adaxial surface.
Panicle 20–50 cm long, linear to narrowly ovate, bearing racemes 2–8 cm long.
Spikelets 3–5 mm long; callus beard 1/4–1/3 the length of the spikelet.
Superior lemma bidentate, with a weakly geniculate awn 2–10 mm long.
Inferior glume pilose to villous.
Culms 100–300 cm high.
Caespitose perennial.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Miscanthus junceus world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, eSwatini, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408745-1
WFO ID wfo-0000880256
COL ID 43MQ5
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Synonyms

Erianthus teretifolius Miscanthidium junceum Miscanthidium teretifolium Erianthus teretifolius Erianthus junceus Miscanthidium gossweileri Miscanthus junceus Miscanthidium junceum subsp. teretifolium Cleistachne teretifolia Miscanthus gossweileri Miscanthus teretifolius
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