View source for Aeluropus ← Aeluropus 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=Aeluropus |accepted_authority=Trin. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Aeluropus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aeluropus]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 25 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; usually strongly rhizomatous or stoloniferous, rhizomes and stolons with persistent sheaths. <b>Culms</b> 5-40 cm, prostrate to erect, solitary or not; internodes numerous, short. <b>Sheaths</b> overlapping; ligules of hairs; blades usually stiffly spreading, flat or convolute below, folded distally, apices often cartilaginous and sharp. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, dense panicles of non-disarticulating spikelike branches racemosely arranged on elongate rachises, exceeding the upper leaves; branches 2.5-5 mm wide, axes triquetrous, spikelets closely packed, subsessile, in 2 rows. <b>Spikelets</b> bisexual, dorsally compressed, with 2-14 florets. <b>Glumes</b> unequal, exceeded by the florets, keeled; lower glumes 1-5 (7)-veined; upper glumes 3-9-veined; lemmas 7-11-veined, mucronate, mucros 0.1-0.3 mm; lodicules 2; anthers 3, 0.8-1.6 mm; style branches 2. <b>Caryopses</b> ovoid-ellipsoid; hila punctate, basal; embryos about 1/2 as long as the caryopses. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Ariz. |discussion=<p><i>Aeluropus</i> is a genus of five species that extends from Portugal to China and northern India. The species are a good source of fodder and hay in Russia (Tzvelev 1976). One species has been cultivated in the Flora region.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=tzvelev1976a |text=Tzvelev, N.N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Russia. 788 pp. [In Russian]. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Aeluropus |author=Mary E. Barkworth; |authority=Trin. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Ariz. |reference=tzvelev1976a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_36.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae |genus=Aeluropus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]] 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) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Aeluropus.