- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Cenchrus L.
Cenchrus tempisquensis (R.W.Pohl) Morrone
- Genus: Cenchrus L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Costa Rica.
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora under the synonym Pennisetum tempisquense
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; 39-100 cm long. Culm-internodes glaucous; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes constricted; brown; glabrous. Lateral branches lacking. Leaf-sheaths wider than blade at the collar; keeled; glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous. Ligule a ciliate membrane; 1-1.5 mm long. Leaf-blades flat, or conduplicate; 8-22 cm long; 4.5-7.5 mm wide; glaucous. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle spiciform; linear; 7-10 cm long; 2-2.5 cm wide. Primary panicle branches accrescent to a central axis; with lateral stumps on axis. Panicle axis with rounded ribs; pubescent; bearing deciduous spikelet clusters. Spikelets subtended by an involucre. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Involucre composed of bristles; 10-14 mm long; base truncate; base 0.2-0.3 mm long. Involucral bristles deciduous with the fertile spikelets; numerous; with an outer whorl of thinner bristles; 20 in principal whorl; inner bristles shorter than outer; with one conspicuously longer bristle; 12-17 mm long; terete; flexible; glabrous.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 5-6 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 5-6 mm long; falling entire; deciduous with accessory branch structures.
- Glume
- Glumes shorter than spikelet; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 1-1.6 mm long; 0.2-0.25 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex obtuse, or acute. Upper glume ovate; 5-5.5 mm long; 0.9 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 7 -veined. Upper glume apex acuminate.
- Florets
- Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret ovate; 5.7-5.9 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 5 -veined; acuminate. Fertile lemma ovate; 5.2-5.7 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma margins flat. Lemma apex acuminate. Palea 1 length of lemma; membranous.
- Flowers
- Lodicules absent. Anthers 3; 1.2-1.5 mm long; purple. Styles free to the base.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; oblong; 2.1-2.2 mm long; light brown.
- Distribution
- South America: Mesoamericana.
- Reference
- Paniceae. Fl Costa Rica 1994.
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Other Data
Cenchrus tempisquensis (R.W.Pohl) Morrone appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (1 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Pohl, R.W. [11725], Costa Rica | Pennisetum tempisquense | K000643103 |
Bibliography
First published in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 106: 129 (2010)
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- 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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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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