View source for Arundo ← Arundo You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Arundo |accepted_authority=L. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Arundinoideae;Poaceae tribe Arundineae;Arundo |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Arundinoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Arundineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arundo]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 11 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous, rhizomes short, usually more than 1 cm thick. <b>Culms</b> 2-10 m tall, 1-3.5 cm thick, usually erect, occasionally pendant from cliffs; nodes glabrous; internodes hollow. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, conspicuously distichous, glabrous; sheaths open, longer than the internodes; ligules membranous, shortly ciliate; blades flat or folded, margins scabrous. <b>Panicles</b> terminal, plumose, silvery to purplish. <b>Spikelets</b> laterally compressed, with 1-several florets; rachilla segments glabrous; disarticulation above the glumes and between the florets. <b>Glumes</b> longer than the florets, 3-5-veined; lemmas pilose, hairs not papillose-based, 3-7-veined, apices entire or minutely awned; paleas shorter than the lemmas, 2-veined; anthers 3. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Del.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Nev.;Va.;Calif.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Ala.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ariz.;N.Mex.;Md.;Okla.;Utah;Mo.;Kans.;Miss.;Ky. |discussion=<p>Arundo, a genus of three species, grows throughout the tropical and warm-temperate regions of the world. Only one species has been introduced to the Western Hemisphere.</p><!-- --><p>Arundo is similar to, but usually larger than, Phragmites, a much more common genus in North America. In addition, Arundo, but not Phragmites, has a wedge-shaped, light to dark brown area at the base of its blades.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Arundo |author=Kelly W. Allred; |authority=L. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Del.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Nev.;Va.;Calif.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Ala.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ariz.;N.Mex.;Md.;Okla.;Utah;Mo.;Kans.;Miss.;Ky. |reference=None |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/314eb390f968962f596ae85f506b4b3db8683b1b/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_23.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Arundinoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Arundineae |genus=Arundo }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Arundineae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Poaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Return to Arundo.