Biology:Trikeraia
Trikeraia is a genus of grasses. It includes two species which range from the Himalayas to north-central China.[1]
- Trikeraia hookeri (Stapf) Bor
- Trikeraia pappiformis (Keng) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
Taxonomy
Original Description
The following account of Trikeraia is based on Bor’s original Latin protologue:[2][lower-alpha 1]
Spikelets paniculate, pedicellate, elliptic-acute, awned; with a single floret; rachilla very short, disarticulating above the glumes, not prolonged. Glumes equal, more or less similar, as long as the spikelets, membranous, 3-nerved. Floret hermaphrodite; lemma oblong-elliptic, 5–7-nerved, dorsally covered with long white hairs, apex split, bearing a rough awn emerging from the fissure; lateral lobes produced into stout, very scabrous bristles. Palea hyaline, 2-nerved, dorsally covered with similar hairs. Stamens 3; anthers long. Styles 2, short; stigmas plumose. Lodicules large, 3. Caryopsis not seen. Perennial rhizomatous grasses; culms robust, erect, with few nodes; leaf blades involute, setaceous, eventually somewhat flat, furrowed; ligules membranous; panicles contracted or open, shortly or long-branched.
References
- ↑ "Trikeraia Bor". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19194-1.
- ↑ Bor, N. L. (1954). "Notes on Asiatic Grasses: XXII. Trikeraia Bor, a New Genus of Stipeae". Kew Bulletin 9 (4): 555–557. doi:10.2307/4114549.
Notes
- ↑ Protologue translated from the original Latin by the article editor.
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