- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Saccharum L.
Saccharum longesetosum (Andersson) V.Naray. ex Bor
- Genus: Saccharum L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Himalaya to S. China.
Descriptions
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes elongated. Culms erect; robust; 200-250 cm long. Culm-internodes solid. Leaf-sheaths pilose; with tubercle-based hairs. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blades 30-100 cm long; 7-15 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface smooth; glabrous, or puberulous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle with branches tipped by a raceme. Peduncle glabrous. Panicle open; elliptic; dense; 15-45 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; subterete; villous on surface. Rhachis hairs tawny; 3-8 mm long. Rhachis internodes linear. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile and pedicelled; 2 in the cluster; heteromorphic (pedicelled spikelet villous); subequal. Pedicels linear; villous; with tawny hairs; with 3-8 mm long hairs.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate, or oblong; dorsally compressed; 4.5-5 mm long; falling entire; deciduous from the base, or with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus bearded; base truncate. Spikelet callus hairs tawny; 8 mm long; 2 length of spikelet.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate, or oblong; dorsally compressed; 4.5-5 mm long; falling entire; deciduous from the base, or with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus bearded; base truncate. Spikelet callus hairs tawny; 8 mm long; 2 length of spikelet.
- Glume
- Glumes dissimilar; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; chartaceous; much thinner above; 2-keeled; 2-6 -veined. Lower glume surface flat; glabrous (sessile), or villous (pedicelled); hairy below. Lower glume apex emarginate, or truncate. Upper glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; chartaceous; much thinner above; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume margins ciliate. Upper glume apex acuminate.
- Florets
- Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong; hyaline; ciliolate on margins; acute. Fertile lemma linear; 3.5 mm long; hyaline. Lemma apex dentate; 2 -fid; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn from a sinus; 10-20 mm long overall. Palea absent or minute.
- Flowers
- Lodicules 2; cuneate; ciliate. Anthers 3.
- Distribution
- Asia-temperate: China. Asia-tropical: India and Indo-China.
- Reference
- Andropogoneae. Fl Assam 1993.
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Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
Synonyms
- Eccoilopus hookeri (Hack.) Grassl
- Eccoilopus longesetosus (Andersson) Grassl
- Erianthus hookeri Hack.
- Erianthus longesetosus Andersson
- Erianthus mishmeensis Munro ex Hook.f.
- Erianthus rockii Keng
- Pollinia longiseta Benth.
- Saccharum hookeri (Hack.) V.Naray. ex Bor
- Saccharum longesetosum var. hookeri (Hack.) U.Shukla
Other Data
Saccharum longesetosum (Andersson) V.Naray. ex Bor appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (6 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Kerr, A.F.G. [20147], Thailand | K000620307 | |||
Kerr, A.F.G. [20147], Thailand | K000620308 | |||
Larsen, K. [982], Thailand | K000688491 | |||
Larsen, K. [1074], Thailand | K000688492 | |||
Hooker, J.D. [15], India | K000309026 | syntype | ||
Hooker, J.D. [15], India | Saccharum longesetosum var. hookeri | K000245558 | isotype |
Bibliography
First published in Fl. Assam 5(App. 1): 461 (1940)
Accepted by
- Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
- Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
- Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
Sources
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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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/
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