Difference between revisions of "Polypogon interruptus"

Kunth
Common names: Ditch beardgrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 663.
FNA>Volume Importer
imported>Volume Importer
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 26: Line 26:
 
-->{{#Taxon:
 
-->{{#Taxon:
 
name=Polypogon interruptus
 
name=Polypogon interruptus
|author=
 
 
|authority=Kunth
 
|authority=Kunth
 
|rank=species
 
|rank=species
Line 33: Line 32:
 
|basionyms=
 
|basionyms=
 
|family=Poaceae
 
|family=Poaceae
 +
|illustrator=Cindy Roché
 +
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
 
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Utah;Calif.;Nebr.;Wis.;N.Y.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Wyo.;Okla.;Wash.;Ariz.;Oreg.;Nev.
 
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Utah;Calif.;Nebr.;Wis.;N.Y.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Wyo.;Okla.;Wash.;Ariz.;Oreg.;Nev.
 
|reference=None
 
|reference=None
Line 38: Line 39:
 
|publication year=
 
|publication year=
 
|special status=
 
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V24/V24_934.xml
+
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/200273ad09963decb8fc72550212de541d86569d/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V24/V24_934.xml
 
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
 
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
 
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
 
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae

Latest revision as of 16:26, 11 May 2021

Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants perennial, often flowering the first year. Culms 20-80 (90) cm, more or less decumbent. Sheaths smooth; ligules 2-6 mm, scabridulous-pubescent; blades 5-9 cm long, 3-6 mm wide. Panicles 3-15 cm long, 0.5-3 cm wide, usually interrupted or lobed; pedicels not developed; stipes 0.2-0.7 mm. Glumes 2-3 mm, subequal, scabrous, larger prickles extending up the keel beyond midlength, not tapering to the apices, apices acute to truncate, unlobed or the lobes to 0.1 mm, awned, awns 1.5-3.2 mm, those of the lower and upper glumes subequal; lemmas 0.8-1.5 mm, glabrous, smooth and shiny, apices obtuse, not emarginate, awned, awns 1-3.2 mm; paleas about 3/4 as long as the lemmas; anthers 0.5-0.7 mm. 2n = 28, 42.

Distribution

Colo., N.Mex., Tex., La., Utah, Calif., Nebr., Wis., N.Y., Pacific Islands (Hawaii), Wyo., Okla., Wash., Ariz., Oreg., Nev.

Discussion

Polypogon interruptus grows in moist soil at lower elevations. It is native to the Western Hemisphere, extending south from the western United States into northern Mexico, and through the American tropics to Argentina and Bolivia. The more eastern records may indicate introductions; it is not known whether or not the species persists at these locations.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.