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Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Parapholis C.E.Hubb., Blumea, Suppl. 3: 14 (1946)
Vernacular Name(s):
Sickle grass
Description
Short, caespitose annuals or biennials. Leaf-sheath open. Ligule membranous. Leaf-blade flat to rolled, narrow. Culm glabrous. Inflorescence a single, simple spike, breaking up at maturity by disarticulation of rachis below each spikelet. Spikelets 1-flowered, sessile, solitary and alternating on opposite sides of rachis, broadside to rachis and ± sunk in cavities within it, falling away with rachis internodes at maturity. Glumes 2, adjacent, strongly nerved, coriaceous, ≥ lemma, tip acute. Lemma 3–5-nerved, membranous, at right angles to rachis. Palea ≤ lemma, hyaline, keels 2, rather indistinct. Lodicules 2, glabrous. Stamens 3. Ovary glabrous; styles free to base. Caryopsis longitudinally grooved; embryo small; hilum punctiform or shortly elliptic. Fig. 7.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Hubbard, C.E. 1946: Henrardia, a genus of the Gramineae. Blumea, Supplement 3: 11–21.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
