View source for Gynerium ← Gynerium 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=Gynerium |accepted_authority=Willd. ex P. Beauv. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Gynerieae;Gynerium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Gynerieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gynerium]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 353 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; dioecious, staminate and pistillate plants similar in gross morphology; rhizomatous. <b>Sheaths</b> overlapping, mostly glabrous or the young and bladeless leaves sparsely pilose, margins usually pilose distally; collars pilose in young leaves with rudimentary blades; ligules pilose; blades to 2 m, leathery, glabrous, lower blades disarticulating at maturity, midribs 0.5-1.5 cm wide, sometimes with a line of scattered hairs on either side. <b>Panicles</b> large, the pistillate panicles plumose. <b>Pistillate</b> spikelets with 2 florets; disarticulation above the glumes and between the florets; glumes 1-3-veined, tardily disarticulating; upper glumes longer and firmer than the lower glumes, exceeding the florets; lemmas shortly pilose below, long pilose above, apices elongated and narrowed; lodicules 2, membranous, faintly 2-3-veined, sometimes with long hairs, truncate; staminodes 2; styles 2. <b>Staminate</b> spikelets with 2-4 florets; disarticulation below the terminal florets; glumes 1-veined; lemmas hyaline, glabrous, occasionally puberulent below; lodicules 2, free, faintly veined, truncate; anthers 2; ovary abortive.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Puerto Rico |discussion=<p>Gynerium is a monotypic genus that ranges from Mexico and the West Indies to northeastern Argentina.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Gynerium |author=J. Gabriel Sanchez-Ken; |authority=Willd. ex P. Beauv. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Puerto Rico |reference=None |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_1047.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Gynerieae |genus=Gynerium }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Gynerieae]] 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 Gynerium.