- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Racemobambos Holttum
Racemobambos kutaiensis S.Dransf.
- Genus: Racemobambos Holttum
This species is accepted, and its native range is Borneo (Kalimantan).
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial. Culms woody. Culm-internodes terete; thin-walled. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement several. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or puberulous; outer margin glabrous, or hairy. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blade base with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; conduplicate, or convolute; 15-17 cm long; 5-7 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle; comprising 5-12 fertile spikelets; bracteate at pedicel base. Panicle open; linear; bearing few spikelets. Primary panicle branches indistinct the panicle almost racemose. Panicle axis glabrous, or puberulous. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 4-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets linear, or oblong; laterally compressed; 34-42 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 5 mm long.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 4-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets linear, or oblong; laterally compressed; 34-42 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes 5 mm long.
- Glume
- Glumes several; 3 empty glumes; persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; 3 mm long; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume ovate; 9 mm long; 7 -veined. Upper glume apex acuminate.
- Florets
- Fertile lemma ovate; 12-15 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 11 -veined. Lemma apex acuminate. Palea 11-12 mm long; 8-10 -veined. Palea keels pubescent. Palea surface pubescent; hairy above. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Flowers
- Lodicules 3; ciliate. Anthers 6; 7 mm long. Stigmas 3. Ovary umbonate; pubescent on apex.
- Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Distribution
- Asia-tropical: Malesia.
- Reference
- Bambuseae. Dransfield 1996.
Distribution
Other Data
Racemobambos kutaiensis S.Dransf. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (1 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Nov 18, 2001 | Sidiyasa, K. [1614], Indonesia | K000457919 |
Bibliography
First published in Kew Bull. 37: 674 (1983)
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/
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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