Chloris mensensis (Chloris mensensis)
Description
Habit Perennial;caespitose.Basal innovations flabellate.Culms erect;30-70 cm long.Ligule a ciliolate membrane.Leaf-blades 15-30 cm long;3-7 mm wide.Leaf-blade apex attenuate.Inflorescences Inflorescence composed of racemes.Racemes digitate,or borne along a central axis;spreading,or ascending;unilateral;8-9 cm long.Spikelet packing broadside to rhachis.Spikelets solitary.Fertile spikelets sessile.Spikelets Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets;with diminished florets at the apex.Spikelets cuneate;laterally compressed;3.5-5.2 mm long;breaking up at maturity;disarticulating below each fertile floret.Floret callus bearded;obtuse.Fertile Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets;with diminished florets at the apex.Spikelets cuneate;laterally compressed;3.5-5.2 mm long;breaking up at maturity;disarticulating below each fertile floret.Floret callus bearded;obtuse.Glume- Glumes persistent;similar;shorter than spikelet;thinner than fertile lemma;gaping.Lower glume lanceolate;1.4-3 mm long;0.4-0.6 length of upper glume;membranous;1-keeled;1 -veined.Lower glume primary vein scaberulous.Lower glume lateral veins absent.Lower glume apex acute.Upper glume lanceolate;3.2-5 mm long;0.9 length of adjacent fertile lemma;membranous;1-keeled;1 -veined.Upper glume primary vein scaberulous.Upper glume lateral veins absent.Upper glume apex acute.Florets-Fertile lemma elliptic;laterally compressed;lanceolate in profile;3.5-5.2 mm long;cartilaginous;dark green;keeled;3 -veined.Lemma midvein eciliate.Lemma lateral veins close to margins.Lemma margins ciliolate;hairy above.Lemma apex awned;1 -awned.Principal lemma awn subapical;7-12 mm long overall.Apical sterile florets 1 in number;male;elliptic;0.5-2 mm long.Apical sterile lemmas glabrous (scabrous);awned;1 -awned.Apical sterile lemma awns subapical;1.5-3.5 mm long;1 per spikelet in number.Flowers-Lodicules 2;cuneate;fleshy.Anthers 3;1-1.5 mm long.Stigmas 2.Fruits- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp;ellipsoid;trigonous;2-2.2 mm long.Hilum punctiform.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Chloris
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