Difference between revisions of "Tripogon spicatus"

(Nees) Ekman
Common names: American tripogon
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 61.
FNA>Volume Importer
FNA>Volume Importer
Line 17: Line 17:
 
-->{{Treatment/Body
 
-->{{Treatment/Body
 
|distribution=Tex.
 
|distribution=Tex.
|discussion=<p>Tripogon spicatus grows in shallow rocky soils, usually on granite outcroppings, occasionally on lime¬stone. The flowering period, April-July(October, November), apparently depends on rainfall. Its range includes the West Indies, Mexico, and South America, in addition to central Texas.</p>
+
|discussion=<p><i>Tripogon spicatus</i> grows in shallow rocky soils, usually on granite outcroppings, occasionally on lime¬stone. The flowering period, April-July(October, November), apparently depends on rainfall. Its range includes the West Indies, Mexico, and South America, in addition to central Texas.</p>
 
|tables=
 
|tables=
 
|references=
 
|references=
Line 26: Line 26:
 
-->{{#Taxon:
 
-->{{#Taxon:
 
name=Tripogon spicatus
 
name=Tripogon spicatus
|author=
 
 
|authority=(Nees) Ekman
 
|authority=(Nees) Ekman
 
|rank=species
 
|rank=species
Line 33: Line 32:
 
|basionyms=
 
|basionyms=
 
|family=Poaceae
 
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik and Karen Klitz
+
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Karen Klitz
 +
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
 
|distribution=Tex.
 
|distribution=Tex.
 
|reference=None
 
|reference=None
Line 39: Line 39:
 
|publication year=
 
|publication year=
 
|special status=
 
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/314eb390f968962f596ae85f506b4b3db8683b1b/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_99.xml
+
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_99.xml
 
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
 
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
 
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
 
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae

Revision as of 20:39, 16 December 2019

Plants perennial; cespitose. Culms (4.5)6-34 cm; nodes 2-3, glabrous. Leaves mostly basal; sheaths mostly glabrous, but with tufts of hairs flanking the collar; ligules 0.2-0.3 mm, truncate; blades 1.9-10 cm long, 0.2-1.1 mm wide, glabrous or the adaxial surfaces and margins sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences (1.5)4-10 cm long, 1.5-3.5 mm wide, with (6)13-22 spikelets; pedicels 0-0.5 mm, glabrous. Spikelets 4.5-12 mm long, 1-1.3 mm wide, with 5-14 florets; rachilla segments glabrous except for an apical tuft of hairs. Glumes unequal, exceeded by the basal florets; lower glumes (1.2)1.5-2.4 mm, glabrous, 1-veined, scabridulous over the veins; upper glumes 1.9-2.6 mm, glabrous, 1-veined; lowest lemmas 2.3-3.1 mm, 3-veined, apical sinuses 0.1-0.3 mm deep; awns 0.2-0.9 mm, straight; paleas 1.6-2.4 mm, glabrous on the back and minutely pubescent on the margins; anthers 3, 0.3-0.4 mm, yellow to purple. Caryopses 1-1.5 mm, reddish-brown. 2n = 20.

Discussion

Tripogon spicatus grows in shallow rocky soils, usually on granite outcroppings, occasionally on lime¬stone. The flowering period, April-July(October, November), apparently depends on rainfall. Its range includes the West Indies, Mexico, and South America, in addition to central Texas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.