familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusPanicum
subgenusPanicum subg. Phanopyrum
sectionPanicum sect. Phanopyrum
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Panicum sect. Phanopyrum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 484.
Plants perennial; stoloniferous. Culms thick, decumbent, succulent, rooting profusely at the lower nodes. Ligules membranous. Panicles open; branches spikelike, stiffly ascending, with secund clusters of shortly pedicellate to sessile spikelets. Spikelets 6-7 mm, lanceoloid, laterally compressed, glabrous. Lower glumes 4/5 as long as the spikelets, 3-veined; upper glumes and lower lemmas 3-veined; lower paleas small, lanceolate; upper florets about 1/3 as long as the spikelets, obovoid, stipitate.
Discussion
Panicum sect. Phanopyrum includes only P. gymnocarpon.
Selected References
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