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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial; cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 10-150 cm, herbaceous, glabrous, branching both at and above the base. <b>Sheaths</b> open; ligules membranous, ciliate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, panicles of (1)2-20 non-disarticulating, spikelike branches, exceeding the upper leaves; branches 1-17 cm, all or most in a digitate cluster, sometimes 1(2) branch(es) attached immediately below the terminal whorl, axes flattened, terminating in a functional spikelet. <b>Spikelets</b> 3.5-11 mm, laterally compressed, with 2-15 bisexual florets; disarticulation above the glumes and between the florets (E. coracana not disarticulating). <b>Glumes</b> unequal, shorter than the lower lemmas; lower glumes 1-3-veined; upper glumes 3-5(7)-veined; lemmas 3-veined, glabrous, keeled, apices entire, neither mucronate nor awned; paleas sometimes with winged keels; anthers 3, 0.5-1 mm; ovaries glabrous. <b>Fruits</b> modified caryopses, pericarp thin, separating from the seed at an early stage in its development; seeds usually obtusely trigonous, the surfaces ornamented, x = 8, 9, 10.</span><!-- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial; cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 10-150 cm, herbaceous, glabrous, branching both at and above the base. <b>Sheaths</b> open; ligules membranous, ciliate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, panicles of (1)2-20 non-disarticulating, spikelike branches, exceeding the upper leaves; branches 1-17 cm, all or most in a digitate cluster, sometimes 1(2) branch(es) attached immediately below the terminal whorl, axes flattened, terminating in a functional spikelet. <b>Spikelets</b> 3.5-11 mm, laterally compressed, with 2-15 bisexual florets; disarticulation above the glumes and between the florets (<i>E. coracana</i> not disarticulating). <b>Glumes</b> unequal, shorter than the lower lemmas; lower glumes 1-3-veined; upper glumes 3-5(7)-veined; lemmas 3-veined, glabrous, keeled, apices entire, neither mucronate nor awned; paleas sometimes with winged keels; anthers 3, 0.5-1 mm; ovaries glabrous. <b>Fruits</b> modified caryopses, pericarp thin, separating from the seed at an early stage in its development; seeds usually obtusely trigonous, the surfaces ornamented, x = 8, 9, 10.</span><!-- |
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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;W.Va.;Va.;Wis.;Del.;D.C;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;Ont.;Que.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.Dak.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Nev.;Colo.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Ala.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;R.I.;Miss.;Ky.;Oreg. | |distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;W.Va.;Va.;Wis.;Del.;D.C;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;Ont.;Que.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.Dak.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Nev.;Colo.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Ala.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;R.I.;Miss.;Ky.;Oreg. | ||
| − | |discussion=<p>Eight of the nine species of Eleusine ate native to Africa, where they grow in mesic to xeric habitats; the exception, E. tristachya, is native to South America. Three species have become established in the Flora region. When moistened, the seeds of all species are easily freed from the thin pericarp.</p><!-- | + | |discussion=<p>Eight of the nine species of <i>Eleusine</i> ate native to Africa, where they grow in mesic to xeric habitats; the exception, <i>E. tristachya</i>, is native to South America. Three species have become established in the Flora region. When moistened, the seeds of all species are easily freed from the thin pericarp.</p><!-- |
| − | --><p>Eleusine coracana subsp. africana, E. indica, and E. tristachya are widely distributed weeds. Eleusine coracana subsp. coracana was domesticated in East Africa and subsequently introduced to India and China. It is frequently grown for grain in India and Africa.</p> | + | --><p><i>Eleusine coracana </i>subsp.<i> africana</i>, <i>E. indica</i>, and <i>E. tristachya</i> are widely distributed weeds. <i>Eleusine coracana </i>subsp.<i> coracana</i> was domesticated in East Africa and subsequently introduced to India and China. It is frequently grown for grain in India and Africa.</p> |
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Latest revision as of 17:58, 11 May 2021
Plants annual or perennial; cespitose. Culms 10-150 cm, herbaceous, glabrous, branching both at and above the base. Sheaths open; ligules membranous, ciliate. Inflorescences terminal, panicles of (1)2-20 non-disarticulating, spikelike branches, exceeding the upper leaves; branches 1-17 cm, all or most in a digitate cluster, sometimes 1(2) branch(es) attached immediately below the terminal whorl, axes flattened, terminating in a functional spikelet. Spikelets 3.5-11 mm, laterally compressed, with 2-15 bisexual florets; disarticulation above the glumes and between the florets (E. coracana not disarticulating). Glumes unequal, shorter than the lower lemmas; lower glumes 1-3-veined; upper glumes 3-5(7)-veined; lemmas 3-veined, glabrous, keeled, apices entire, neither mucronate nor awned; paleas sometimes with winged keels; anthers 3, 0.5-1 mm; ovaries glabrous. Fruits modified caryopses, pericarp thin, separating from the seed at an early stage in its development; seeds usually obtusely trigonous, the surfaces ornamented, x = 8, 9, 10.
Distribution
Conn., N.J., N.Y., W.Va., Va., Wis., Del., D.C, Mass., Maine, N.H., Ont., Que., Pacific Islands (Hawaii), Fla., Puerto Rico, N.Mex., Tex., La., N.Dak., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Pa., Kans., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Nev., Colo., Virgin Islands, Calif., Ala., Ark., Vt., Ill., Ga., Ind., Iowa, Ariz., Md., Ohio, Utah, Mo., Minn., Mich., R.I., Miss., Ky., Oreg.
Discussion
Eight of the nine species of Eleusine ate native to Africa, where they grow in mesic to xeric habitats; the exception, E. tristachya, is native to South America. Three species have become established in the Flora region. When moistened, the seeds of all species are easily freed from the thin pericarp.
Eleusine coracana subsp. africana, E. indica, and E. tristachya are widely distributed weeds. Eleusine coracana subsp. coracana was domesticated in East Africa and subsequently introduced to India and China. It is frequently grown for grain in India and Africa.
Selected References
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Panicles with 1-3 oblong branches 1-6(8) cm long, attached in a single digitate cluster | Eleusine tristachya |
| 1 | Panicles with 4-20 linear branches 3.5-17 cm long, 1(2) of the branches attached below the terminal, digitate cluster. | > 2 |
| 2 | Lower glumes 1-veined; panicle branches 3-5.5 mm wide; surface of the seeds striate | Eleusine indica |
| 2 | Lower glumes 2- or 3-veined; panicle branches 5-15 mm wide; surface of the seeds granular | Eleusine coracana |