- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Pentameris P.Beauv.
Pentameris velutina (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder
- Genus: Pentameris P.Beauv.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Cape Prov.
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Butt sheaths thickened and forming a bulb; light brown; villous. Glands elongated. Culms 30-60 cm long; 3 -noded. Lateral branches lacking. Leaves mostly basal. Leaf-sheath oral hairs bearded. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades convolute; 18 cm long; 1 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or pilose; hairy adaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acute.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle; comprising 100 fertile spikelets. Panicle open; ovate; 9-18 cm long; 6-11 cm wide. Panicle branches glabrous in axils. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels filiform; 1-1.5 length of fertile spikelet; glandular.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 12-15 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus evident; pubescent.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 12-15 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus evident; pubescent.
- Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets; shiny; gaping. Lower glume elliptic; 12-15 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; yellow; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume surface puberulous to villous; hairy generally, or below. Lower glume apex acuminate. Upper glume elliptic; 12-15 mm long; 3.5-4 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; yellow; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume surface puberulous to villous; hairy generally, or below. Upper glume apex acuminate.
- Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; 3-4 mm long; membranous; without keel; 5-9 -veined. Lemma surface villous; hairy on veins. Lemma apex lobed; 2 -fid; with lobes 0.3 mm long; awned; 3 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; geniculate; 20-25 mm long overall; with twisted column. Lateral lemma awns arising on inner edge of lobes; 9-13 mm long; exserted; shorter than principal. Palea surface pubescent; hairy above.
- Flowers
- Lodicules 2; cuneate; fleshy; glabrous. Anthers 3; 2.5 mm long; brown.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Distribution
- Africa: south.
- Reference
- Arundineae. Linder.
Distribution
Synonyms
Other Data
Pentameris velutina (H.P.Linder) Galley & H.P.Linder appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (3 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Linder, H.P. [4791], South Africa | Pentaschistis velutina | K000719318 | ||
Linder [4441], South Africa | Pentaschistis velutina | K000719316 | ||
DuToit, P.C.V. [1688], South Africa | Pentaschistis velutina | K000719317 |
Bibliography
First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 97: 336 (2010)
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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