- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Racemobambos Holttum
Racemobambos rigidifolia Holttum
- Genus: Racemobambos Holttum
This species is accepted, and its native range is Borneo (Sabah).
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Culms leaning; 5-7 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled; 40-50 cm long; yellow, or light green; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three, or several; with subequal branches. Culm-sheaths deciduous; chartaceous; glabrous; without auricles; ciliate on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule ciliate. Culm-sheath blade lanceolate; reflexed; 15 cm long. Leaves cauline; 8-18 per branch. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 20-25 cm long; 30-40 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade surface glabrous.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes; bracteate at pedicel base. Racemes 1; single; paucilateral; 20 cm long; bearing few fertile spikelets; bearing 2-3 fertile spikelets on each. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 4 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 30 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 8 mm long; glabrous.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 4 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 30 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 8 mm long; glabrous.
- Glume
- Glumes two; persistent; shorter than spikelet.
- Florets
- Fertile lemma ovate; 15 mm long; chartaceous; without keel. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Flowers
- Lodicules 3. Anthers 6. Stigmas 3. Ovary umbonate; pubescent on apex.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Distribution
- Asia-tropical: Malesia.
- Reference
- Bambuseae. Bam Sabah 1996.
Distribution
Other Data
Racemobambos rigidifolia Holttum appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (1 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dransfield, S. [715], Malaysia | 66968.000 |
Bibliography
First published in Gard. Bull. Singapore 15: 273 (1956)
Accepted by
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Sources
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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