- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Agenium Nees
Agenium leptocladum (Hack.) Clayton
- Genus: Agenium Nees
This species is accepted, and its native range is Brazil to NE. Argentina.
[GB]
- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Basal innovations extravaginal. Culms erect; slender; 50-60 cm long. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 1.5 mm long. Leaf-blades 6-10 cm long; 2-3 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or pilose. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes. Peduncle scaberulous above. Racemes 1; single; erect; 3.5-4.5 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; flattened; ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes linear; 3 mm long. Rhachis internode tip oblique; flat. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels filiform; flattened; 3 mm long; ciliate.
- Spikelets
- Basal sterile spikelets well-developed; 8-12 in number; male; lanceolate; 7-9 mm long; equalling fertile. Basal sterile spikelet glumes herbaceous. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 7-10 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet callus square; 0.5 mm long; obtuse. Companion sterile spikelet glumes herbaceous; acute. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas 2; enclosed by glumes. Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets linear; subterete; 7-8 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus cuneate; 1-2 mm long; pilose; base pungent; attached obliquely.
- Sterile
- Basal sterile spikelets well-developed; 8-12 in number; male; lanceolate; 7-9 mm long; equalling fertile. Basal sterile spikelet glumes herbaceous. Companion sterile spikelets well-developed; male; lanceolate; dorsally compressed; 7-10 mm long; as long as fertile; separately deciduous. Companion sterile spikelet callus square; 0.5 mm long; obtuse. Companion sterile spikelet glumes herbaceous; acute. Companion sterile spikelet lemmas 2; enclosed by glumes.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets linear; subterete; 7-8 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus cuneate; 1-2 mm long; pilose; base pungent; attached obliquely.
- Glume
- Glumes dissimilar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume elliptic; 7-8 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; coriaceous; without keels; 8 -veined. Lower glume surface with a longitudinal median groove; pubescent. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume lanceolate; coriaceous; without keels. Upper glume apex obtuse.
- Florets
- Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret elliptic; 3 mm long; hyaline. Fertile lemma linear; 4 mm long; cartilaginous; without keel; 1 -veined. Lemma apex entire; acute; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn geniculate; 20-50 mm long overall; with twisted column. Column of lemma awn pubescent. Palea absent or minute.
- Fruits
- Disseminule comprising a spikelet.
- Distribution
- South America: Brazil and southern South America.
- Reference
- Andropogoneae. WDC.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay
Agenium leptocladum (Hack.) Clayton appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Apr 1, 2014 | Ratter, J.A. [949], Brazil | K001072021 | ||
Apr 1, 2014 | Burman, A.G. [415], Brazil | K001072028 | ||
Jan 1, 2014 | Clayton, W.D. [4806], Brazil | K001072026 | ||
Jan 1, 2014 | Ratter, J.A. [949], Brazil | K001072024 | ||
Jan 1, 2014 | Sellow [s.n.], Brazil | K001072795 | ||
Jan 1, 2014 | Argent, G.C.G. [6452], Brazil | K001072027 | ||
Jan 1, 2014 | Glaziou, A.F.M. [22591], Brazil | K001072023 | ||
Jan 1, 2014 | Glaziou, A.F.M. [22438], Brazil | K001072025 | ||
Jan 1, 1974 | Anderson, W.R. [8279], Brazil | K001072029 | ||
Clayton, W.D. [4868], Brazil | K001072022 | |||
Smith, L.B. [14413], Brazil | K001072014 | |||
Smith, L.B. [14800], Brazil | K001072016 | |||
Balansa [222], Paraguay | K000632825 | |||
Jonsson, G. [152/A], Brazil | K001072019 | |||
Hatschbach, G.G. [13975], Brazil | K001072017 | |||
Hatschbach, G.G. [18717], Brazil | K001072018 | |||
Hatschbach, G.G. [12092], Brazil | K001072020 | |||
Dombrowski, L.T.D [2506], Brazil | K001072015 | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [22571], Brazil | Agenium goyazense | K000632826 |
First published in Kew Bull. 27: 447 (1972)
Accepted by
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348.
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. 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