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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Index to accepted names and synonyms: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
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Family: Poaceae (Gramineae) | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
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Higher Taxonomy
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Eleusine Habit: Annual, perennial herb. Stem: prostrate to erect, flat, generally +- fleshy. Leaf: sheath compressed, strongly keeled; ligule membranous, ciliate; blade flat or folded. Inflorescence: generally digitate; branches generally 2--20, spike-like, with 2 rows of overlapping spikelets along 1 side of axis; spikelets sessile. Spikelet: bisexual, laterally compressed; glumes unequal, lower 1-veined, upper 1--7-veined; axis breaking apart above glumes and between florets or spikelets persistent; florets 2--15; lemma keeled, acute, 1- or 3-veined, short-awned or not; palea < lemma. Fruit: utricle-like, seed free from thin ovary wall. Species In Genus: 9 species: Africa, 1 sp. in South America. Etymology: (Greek: Eleusis, ancient Greek city where Ceres, harvest goddess, was worshipped) Note: Cult for food, production of alcoholic beverage in Africa, India. eFlora Treatment Author: James P. Smith, Jr. Reference: Hilu 2003 FNANM 25:109--111 Unabridged Reference: Hilu 1980 Madroño 27:177--178; Phillips 1972 Kew Bull 27:251--270 Jepson Online Interchange Key to EleusinePrevious taxon: Ehrharta longiflora Next taxon: Eleusine coracana subsp. africana |
Citation for this treatment: James P. Smith, Jr. 2012, Eleusine, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=11049, accessed on April 23, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 23, 2018.
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