Ophiuros C.F.Gaertn.

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Annual or perennial. Culms robust. Leaf blades linear, flat; ligule membranous. Inflorescence of many single racemes aggregated into a spathate compound panicle; racemes cylindrical, fragile, transversely or slightly obliquely articulated, spikelets borne alternately on opposite sides of rachis; rachis internodes stout, semi-cylindrical, base with central peg, apex hollow. Sessile spikelet sunk into hollow in rachis; lower glume oblong, leathery, broadly convex, smooth, areolate or latticelike; marginally 2-keeled, with or without narrow wings toward apex; lower floret male with a palea; upper floret hyaline with entire awnless lemma. Pedicelled spikelet absent; pedicel linear, adnate to adjacent internode, sometimes barely distinguishable from it.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Ophiuros world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sudan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18614-1
WFO ID wfo-4000026961
COL ID 8VZWR
BDTFX ID 99944
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Synonyms

Ophiuros

Lower taxons

Ophiuros papillosus Ophiuros exaltatus Ophiuros megaphyllus