- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Saccharum L.
Saccharum villosum Steud.
- Genus: Saccharum L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. Mexico to Honduras, S. Tropical America.
Descriptions
According to Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
[CPLC]Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 500 m.; Orinoquia, Valle del Magdalena.
- Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
According to GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
[GB]- Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; robust; 125-200 cm long; 5-10 mm diam. Culm-internodes solid; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes glabrous, or bearded. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface, or pilose, or hispid. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 4-7 mm long. Leaf-blades 45-75 cm long; 10-20 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or pilose. Leaf-blade margins scabrous.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle with branches tipped by a raceme; embraced at base by subtending leaf. Peduncle pubescent above. Panicle open; oblong; dense; 25-35 cm long; 4-7 cm wide. Panicle axis villous. Racemes 6-12 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; subterete; ciliate on margins. Rhachis internodes linear; 4-10 mm long. Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile and pedicelled; 2 in the cluster; subequal. Pedicels linear; 2-5 mm long; ciliate.
- Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 6-7 mm long; falling entire; deciduous from the base, or with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus bearded; base truncate. Spikelet callus hairs white; 8-10 mm long; 1.3-1.4 length of spikelet.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; acuminate; 6-7 mm long; falling entire; deciduous from the base, or with accessory branch structures. Spikelet callus bearded; base truncate. Spikelet callus hairs white; 8-10 mm long; 1.3-1.4 length of spikelet.
- Glume
- Glumes similar; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; cartilaginous; 2-keeled; 4 -veined. Lower glume surface flat; pilose. Lower glume margins ciliate. Upper glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; cartilaginous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume surface pilose. Upper glume apex acute.
- Florets
- Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate; 4.5 mm long; hyaline; acute. Fertile lemma lanceolate; 5 mm long; hyaline. Lemma surface pubescent; hairy below. Lemma apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn straight; 6-9 mm long overall.
- Flowers
- Lodicules 2; cuneate. Anthers 3; 0.4 mm long.
- Distribution
- North America: Mexico. South America: Mesoamericana, northern South America, western South America, Brazil, and southern South America.
- Reference
- Andropogoneae. Gr Bahia 1994.
Images
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
Synonyms
- Erianthus balansae Hack.
- Erianthus glabrinodis (Hack.) Swallen
- Erianthus purpureus Swallen
- Erianthus saccharoides subvar. glabrinodis Hack.
- Erianthus saccharoides var. trinii Hack.
- Erianthus saccharoides subvar. villosus (Steud.) Hack.
- Erianthus trinii (Hack.) Hack.
- Erianthus trinii var. glabrinodis (Hack.) Hack.
- Erianthus trinii var. villosus (Steud.) Hack.
- Saccharum alopecuroides subvar. trinii (Hack.) Roberty
- Saccharum balansae (Hack.) Roberty
- Saccharum trinii (Hack.) Renvoize
Other Data
Saccharum villosum Steud. appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (25 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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Oct 19, 2012 | Burchell [4483], Brazil | K000643042 | ||
Oct 19, 2012 | Riedel [996], Brazil | K000643041 | ||
Oct 19, 2012 | Castellanos, A. [22652], Brazil | K001068683 | ||
Oct 19, 2012 | Glaziou, A.F.M. [11675], Brazil | K000643043 | ||
Oct 19, 2012 | Burchell, W.J. [4447], Brazil | K001068682 | ||
Oct 19, 2012 | Burchell, W.J. [2638], Brazil | K001068724 | ||
Oct 19, 2012 | Sellow [s.n.], Brazil | K001068681 | ||
Oct 19, 2012 | Macedo, A. [5251], Brazil | K001068746 | ||
Jan 1, 1913 | Dusén, P. [13603], Brazil | K001068680 | ||
Clayton, W.D. [4547], Brazil | K001068742 | |||
Clayton, W.D. [4626], Brazil | K001068744 | |||
Clayton, W.D. [4120], Brazil | K001068748 | |||
Clayton, W.D. [4625], Brazil | K001068749 | |||
Clayton, W.D. [4938], Brazil | K001068750 | |||
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6080], Brazil | K001068747 | |||
Kummrow, R. [169], Brazil | K001068745 | |||
Smith, L.B. [14993], Brazil | K001068678 | |||
Hoehne, W. [s.n.], Brazil | K001068743 | |||
Tweedie, J. [s.n.], Brazil | K001068752 | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [18625], Brazil | K001068677 | |||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [13629], Brazil | K001068679 | |||
s.coll. [648], Brazil | K001075932 | |||
s.coll. [663], Brazil | K001068751 | |||
Tweedie [s.n.], Brazil | K001075487 | |||
Tweedie [s.n.], Brazil | K001075488 |
Bibliography
First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 408 (1854)
Accepted by
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Forzza, R.C. & al. (2013). Lista de Espécies da Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
- Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
- Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
Sources
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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