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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Entolasia Stapf in Stapf, Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.], 739 (1920)
Description
Long-rhizomatous to tufted perennials. Ligule ± conspicuously hair-fringed. Leaf-blade usually disarticulating at maturity. Inflorescence spike-like or paniculate with sessile racemes; florets awnless. Racemes spike-like; rachis flattened, hollowed or winged, with close-set, secund, pedicelled spikelets, borne singly on the rachis or in appressed secondary racemelets, falling entire at maturity. Spikelets usually laterally compressed, 2-flowered; lower floret Ø, upper floret ☿. Glumes very dissimilar; lower minute, hyaline, 0–3-nerved, upper membranous, = spikelet, 3–7-nerved. Lower floret: lemma ≈ or » lemma of upper floret, both lemmas either similar in texture to glumes, or firmer; palea 0. Upper floret: lemma conspicuously hairy, 3–5-nerved; palea ≤ lemma, nerves 2, well-separated; lodicules 2, fleshy, glabrous, cuneate; stamens 3; ovary apex glabrous, styles subterminal, free; caryopsis dorsiventrally compressed, glabrous, embryo large, at least ⅓ length of caryopsis, hilum punctiform or shortly elliptic, < ½ length of caryopsis.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Edgar, E.; Connor, H.E. 2010: Flora of New Zealand Volume V Grasses. Edition 2. Manaaki Whenua Press.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Stapf, O. 1920: Gramineae. In: Oliver, D.; Hill, A.W. Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol. 9. 577–768.
