View source for Allolepis ← Allolepis 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=Allolepis |accepted_authority=Soderstr. & H.F. Decker |publications= |common_names=J.k. wipff |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Allolepis |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>[[Allolepis]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 27 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; dioecious, staminate and pistillate plants similar; stoloniferous. <b>Culms</b> 10-70 cm. <b>Leaves</b> mostly cauline; ligules membranous, ciliate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal panicles, exceeding the upper leaves; branches appressed or ascending, usually spikelet-bearing to the base. <b>Spikelets</b> not disarticulating. <b>Pistillate</b> spikelets with 5-10 florets; lower glumes 1-5-veined, only the midveins conspicuous; upper glumes with 3 conspicuous veins, sometimes with 2-4 inconspicuous lateral veins; lemmas 3-5(6)-veined, unawned; paleas shorter than the lemmas, completely surrounding the ovaries, saccate basally, narrowing distally and surrounding the styles, intercostal region coriaceous, veins keeled, scabrous and puberulent, margins scarious. <b>Staminate</b> spikelets with 4-21 florets; lower glumes 1-veined; upper glumes 1-3-veined; lemmas conspicuously 3-veined, unawned; paleas equaling or slightly longer than the lemmas, linear, 2-veined, veins ciliolate. <b>Lodicules</b> 2, cuneate. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tex. |discussion=<p>Allolepis is a monotypic North American genus. It used to be included in Distichlis, but it differs in its paleal morphology, in never producing rhizomes, and in its soil preferences.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=soderstrom1965a |text=Soderstrom, T.R. and H.F. Decker. 1965. Allolepis: A new segregate of Disticblis (Gramineae). Madrono 18:33-64. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Allolepis |author= |authority=Soderstr. & H.F. Decker |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=Tex. |reference=soderstrom1965a |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_39.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae |genus=Allolepis }}<!-- -->[[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 Allolepis.