familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusPanicum
subgenusPanicum subg. Phanopyrum
sectionPanicum sect. Verrucosa
Show Lower Taxa
Panicum sect. Verrucosa
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 487.
Plants annual. Culms weak, sprawling. Ligules membranous, ciliate, very short. Panicles open, diffuse, lax, with a few spikelets. Spikelets warty-tuberculate or verrucose, faintly veined. Lower glumes less than 1/5 as long as the spikelets, without veins; upper glumes and lower lemmas subequal, 5-veined; lower florets sterile; lower paleas absent; upper florets finely longitudinally rugose, papillose and with bicellular microhairs, often with a minute protuberance at the base of the paleas. x = 9.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Panicum sect. Verrucosa"
Conn. +, N.H. +, R.I. +, N.C. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, Ala. +, Fla. +, W.Va. +, Mich. +, Del. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Iowa +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Maine +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Mass. +, Vt. +, Wyo. +, Puerto Rico +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, Ind. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Pa. +, Va. +, Ark. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Ky. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Tenn. +, S.C. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Mo. +, Ga. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Ohio +, Virgin Islands +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. + and Sask. +
Panicum sect. Verrucosa +
Panicum subg. Phanopyrum +
section +