- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Calamagrostis Adans.
Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth
- Genus: Calamagrostis Adans.
[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short. Culms erect; 60-150 cm long. Lateral branches lacking. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 2-4 mm long; truncate, or obtuse. Leaf-blades 8-50 cm long; 1.8-10 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; rough adaxially; glabrous; hairless except near base. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Peduncle scaberulous above. Panicle open; lanceolate; continuous, or interrupted; dense, or loose; 8-18 cm long; 1-4 cm wide. Panicle branches scabrous. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 4-6 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus bearded. Floret callus hairs 0.2-0.25 length of lemma.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 4-6 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus bearded. Floret callus hairs 0.2-0.25 length of lemma.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma; gaping. Lower glume lanceolate; 4-6 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; purple; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume surface asperulous. Lower glume apex acuminate. Upper glume lanceolate; 4-6 mm long; 1.5 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; purple; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume surface asperulous. Upper glume apex acuminate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; 4-4.5 mm long; membranous; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma apex dentate; 2 -fid; truncate; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn dorsal; arising 0.1-0.25 way up back of lemma; geniculate; 4-9 mm long overall; with twisted column. Palea hyaline; 2 -veined. Rhachilla extension pilose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2. Anthers 3; 2.4-2.7 mm long. Stigmas 2.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum punctiform.
- Distribution
- Europe: northern, central, southwestern, southeastern, and eastern. Asia-temperate: Siberia, Soviet far east, Caucasus, western Asia, China, and eastern Asia. Asia-tropical: India, Malesia, and Papuasia.
- Reference
- Aveneae. Fl Pak 1993.
Native to:
Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, New Guinea, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
- Agrostis arundinacea L.
- Agrostis pseudoarundinacea Schleich. ex Gaudin
- Arundo agrostis Scop.
- Arundo clarionis Loisel.
- Arundo montana Gaudin
- Arundo sylvatica Schrad.
- Athernotus pyramidalis (Host) Dulac
- Calamagrostis abietina Schur
- Calamagrostis adpressiramea Ohwi
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. adpressiramea (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. alpina (Schur) Serb. & Beldie
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. austrojeholensis (Honda) Kitag.
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. ciliata Honda
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. distantiflora (Luchnik) Tzvelev
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. heterogluma (Nakai) T.Koyama
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. hymenoglossa (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. inaequata Honda
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. ligulata (Rendle) Kitag.
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. macrotricha Litv.
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. monticola (Petrov ex Kom.) Tzvelev
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. robusta Raclaru
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. sugawarae (Ohwi) Tzvelev
- Calamagrostis arundinacea f. turfosa (Schur) Soó
- Calamagrostis austrojeholensis Honda
- Calamagrostis brachytricha Steud.
- Calamagrostis brachytricha var. ciliata (Honda) Ibaragi & H.Ohashi
- Calamagrostis chassanensis Prob.
- Calamagrostis clarionis (Loisel.) Loisel.
- Calamagrostis collina Franch.
- Calamagrostis formosana Hayata
- Calamagrostis henryi (Rendle) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu ex J.L.Yang
- Calamagrostis heterogluma (Nakai) Honda
- Calamagrostis hsinganensis (Kitag.) Kitag.
- Calamagrostis hupehensis (Rendle) Chase
- Calamagrostis hymenoglossa Ohwi
- Calamagrostis korotkyi subsp. monticola (Petrov ex Kom.) Vorosch.
- Calamagrostis licentiana Hand.-Mazz.
- Calamagrostis matsudana Honda
- Calamagrostis montana DC.
- Calamagrostis monticola Petrov ex Kom.
- Calamagrostis morrisonensis Hayata
- Calamagrostis nipponica Franch. & Sav.
- Calamagrostis parviflora Rupr.
- Calamagrostis pyramidalis Host
- Calamagrostis rariflora Schur
- Calamagrostis robusta Franch. & Sav.
- Calamagrostis sciuroides Franch. & Sav.
- Calamagrostis subalpina Schur
- Calamagrostis sublanceolata Honda
- Calamagrostis sugawarae Ohwi
- Cinna agrostoidea P.Beauv.
- Deyeuxia abietina (Schur) Fuss
- Deyeuxia ampla Keng
- Deyeuxia arundinacea (L.) Jansen
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. borealis (Rendle) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. brachytricha (Steud.) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. ciliata (Honda) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. collina (Franch.) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. hirsuta (Hack.) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. latifolia (Rendle) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. ligulata (Rendle) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. robusta (Honda) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. sciuroides (Franch. & Sav.) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia brachytricha (Steud.) D.M.Chang
- Deyeuxia formosana (Hayata) C.C.Hsu
- Deyeuxia henryi Rendle
- Deyeuxia hupehensis Rendle
- Deyeuxia matsudana (Honda) Keng
- Deyeuxia montana P.Beauv.
- Deyeuxia multiflora P.Beauv. ex Nyman
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis (Host) Veldkamp
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis var. borealis (Rendle) Q.X.Liu
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis var. ciliata (Honda) Q.X.Liu
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis var. ligulata (Rendle) Q.X.Liu
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis var. robusta Q.X.Liu
- Deyeuxia rariflora (Schur) Fuss
- Deyeuxia sciuroides (Franch. & Sav.) Keng
- Deyeuxia subalpina Schur
- Deyeuxia sylvatica Kunth
- Deyeuxia sylvatica var. borealis Rendle
- Deyeuxia sylvatica var. ciliata (Honda) Keng
- Deyeuxia sylvatica var. ligulata Rendle
- Donax montanus P.Beauv.
Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | K000308466 | |||
| Henry, A. [5021], Hubei | K000838294 | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.] | K000838314 | |||
| Lejeune, A.L.S. [s.n.], Belgium | K000838313 | |||
| Maingay, A.C. [63], Shandong | K000838292 | |||
| Forbes, J.B. [397], Shandong | K000838293 | |||
| Chile | K000308467 | |||
| Savatier, P.A.L. [1468], Japan | K000838295 | |||
| Bretschneider [851], China | K000838291 | |||
| Brown, R. [s.n.], Tasmania | Calamagrostis monticola | K000838411 | ||
| Brown, R. [6215], Australia | Calamagrostis monticola | K000838412 | Unknown type material | |
| Henry, A. [6724], Hubei | Calamagrostis henryi | K000838287 |
First published in Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 33 (1788)
Accepted by
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