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False Melic

Schizachne purpurascens (Torr.) Swallen

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Perennials, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly cauline, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly closed, Leaf sheath smooth, glabrous, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaf blades linear, Leaf blades very narrow or filiform, less than 2 mm wide, Leaf blades 2-10 mm wide, Leaf blade margins folded, involute, or conduplicate, Leaf blades more or less hairy, Ligule present, Ligule an unfringed eciliate membrane, Ligule a fringed, ciliate, or lobed membrane, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence lateral or axillary, Inflorescence an open panicle, openly paniculate, branches spreading, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence lax, widely spreading, branches drooping, pendulous, Inflorescence with 2-10 branches, Inflorescence branches 1-sided, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets laterally compressed, Spikelet less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 3-7 florets, Spikelets solitary at rachis nodes, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets bisexual, Spikelets disarticulating above the glumes, glumes persistent, Spikelets disarticulating beneath or between the florets, Spikelets secund, in rows on one side of rachis, Rachilla or pedicel glabrous, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 2 clearly present, Glumes distinctly unequal, Glumes shorter than adjacent lemma, Glumes keeled or winged, Glumes 4-7 nerved, Lemma coriaceous, firmer or thicker in texture than the glumes, Lemma 5-7 nerved, Lemma 8-15 nerved, Lemma body or surface hairy, Lemma apex dentate, 2-fid, L emma distinctly awned, more than 2-3 mm, Lemma with 1 awn, Lemma awn 1-2 cm long, Lemma awn from sinus of bifid apex, Lemma awn subapical or dorsal, Lemma awns straight or curved to base, Lemma margins thin, lying flat, Lemma straight, Callus or base of lemma evidently hairy, Callus hairs shorter than lemma, Palea present, well developed, Palea membranous, hyaline, Palea shorter than lemma, Palea 2 nerved or 2 keeled, Palea keels winged, scabrous, or ciliate, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fruit - caryopsis.
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Schizachne

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Schizachne is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The only accepted species is Schizachne purpurascens, commonly called false melic.[1][9][10] Three subspecies are recognized:

Melica smithii was formerly included in the genus, as Schizachne smithii.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Hackel, Eduard 1909. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 7: 322-323 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ^ Tropicos, Schizachne Hack.
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok
  6. ^ Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan
  7. ^ "Schizachne in Flora of China @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  8. ^ Kitagawa, Masao 1979. Neo-Lineamenta Florae Manshuricae 109
  9. ^ United States Department of Agriculture plants profile, Schizachne purpurascens (Torr.) Swallen, false melic
  10. ^ The Plant List search for Schizachne
  11. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 223 裂稃茅 lie fu mao Schizachne purpurascens (Torrey) Swallen subsp. callosa (Turczaninow ex Grisebach) T. Koyama & Kawano, Can. J. Bot. 42: 862. 1964
  12. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
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Schizachne: Brief Summary

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Schizachne is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family. The only accepted species is Schizachne purpurascens, commonly called false melic. Three subspecies are recognized:

Schizachne purpurascens subsp. callosa (Turcz. ex Griseb.) T.Koyama & Kawano – European and Asiatic Russia, China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Yunnan), Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan Schizachne purpurascens subsp. capillipes (Kom.) Tzvelev – Kamchatka Schizachne purpurascens subsp. purpurascens – Canada (all 10 provinces plus Yukon + NWT), United States (Alaska, Rocky Mountain States, Great Lakes Region, Northeast)

Melica smithii was formerly included in the genus, as Schizachne smithii.

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