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CHLORIS

Rosa Cerros-Tlatilpa


Annual, perennial herb, cespitose, rhizomatous or stoloniferous.
Stem: decumbent to erect, 1–7 dm.
Leaf: ligule membranous or hairy-tufted; blade generally 10–50 cm, 0.2–1.5 cm wide, flat.
Inflorescence: generally digitate; branches 2–30, sometimes in distinct whorls, each raceme- or spike-like branch with 2 rows of overlapping spikelets on 1 side of axis.
Spikelet: laterally compressed; glumes unequal, < florets, 1–3-veined; axis breaking above glumes; lower florets fertile, 1–2, upper florets sterile or staminate, 1–4, < 1/2 lower floret length; fertile floret lemma ovate to lanceolate, back glabrous, midvein hairy, 3-veined, awn 1; palea < lemma, translucent, obscure; anthers 3.
Fruit: ± fusiform, 3-angled.
± 50 species: warm temperate, tropics worldwide, especially s hemisphere. (Greek: goddess of flowers)
Unabridged references: [Anderson 1974 Brigham Young Univ Sci Bull Biol Ser 19:1–133; Barkworth 2003 FNANM 25:204–218]

Key to Chloris

1. Infl branches in 2–4 separate whorls, spreading ..... C. verticillata

1' Infl branches digitate, branches 4–30, ± erect

2. Annual ..... C. virgata

2' Perennial, generally from stolons

3. Lf blades 25–50 cm, 3–9 mm wide; upper florets generally (1)2–4, sterile or staminate; spikelets light brown to brown-orange ..... C. gayana

3' Lf blades 5–20 cm, 2–3 mm wide; upper florets 1(2), staminate; spikelets dark brown to black ..... C. truncata

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