- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Mesosetum Steud.
Mesosetum stoloniferum Swallen
- Genus: Mesosetum Steud.
This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. Mexixo to Honduras.
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Stolons present. Culms 20-80 cm long. Culm-nodes pubescent. Leaves mostly basal. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or pubescent; outer margin hairy. Ligule a fringe of hairs; 0.5 mm long. Leaf-blades 5-20 cm long; 2-5 mm wide; stiff.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 1; single; unilateral; 3-9 cm long. Rhachis narrowly winged; angular; 1-1.4 mm wide. Spikelet packing adaxial. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels oblong.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 4.5-5 mm long; falling entire. Spikelet callus pubescent.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 4.5-5 mm long; falling entire. Spikelet callus pubescent.
- Glume
- Glumes dissimilar; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate; 4.5-5 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; chartaceous; 1-keeled. Lower glume primary vein ciliate. Lower glume apex awned; 1 -awned. Lower glume awn 1 mm long. Upper glume lanceolate; 4-5 mm long; 0.9-1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 3(-5) -veined. Upper glume margins ciliate. Upper glume apex acuminate.
- Florets
- Basal sterile florets barren; with palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong; 4.2-4.7 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 3-5 -veined; ciliate on margins; acute. Palea of lower sterile floret 3-4.2 mm long. Fertile lemma ovate; dorsally compressed; 3.5-3.9 mm long; coriaceous; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma surface smooth. Lemma margins flat. Palea coriaceous; without keels.
- Flowers
- Anthers 3; 1.7-1.9 mm long.
- Distribution
- North America: Mexico. South America: Mesoamericana.
- Reference
- Paniceae. Fl Meso-Am 1995.
Distribution
Other Data
Mesosetum stoloniferum Swallen appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29: 412 (1950)
Accepted by
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
- Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Sources
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0