- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Zizania L.
Zizania texana Hitchc.

[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual. Stolons absent, or present. Culms decumbent; 100-170 cm long; spongy; rooting from lower nodes. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 5-15 mm long. Leaf-blades 10-40 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scaberulous; glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Monoecious; with male and female spikelets in the same inflorescence. Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; elliptic; 20-30 cm long. Primary panicle branches ascending; 5-10 cm long. Sexes segregated; on unisexual branches; with male below. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Male spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels bearing a few hairs; tip cupuliform.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 10 mm long; falling entire. Male spikelets distinct from female; linear; 7-9 mm long. Male spikelet glumes absent. Male spikelet lemma 5 -veined; muticous.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 10 mm long; falling entire.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes both absent or obscure.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile florets female. Fertile lemma linear; 10 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma margins interlocking with palea margins. Lemma apex acuminate; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn 10-20 mm long overall. Palea 1 length of lemma; 3 -veined; without keels.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2. Anthers 6.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; linear.
- sex Male
- Male spikelets distinct from female; linear; 7-9 mm long. Male spikelet glumes absent. Male spikelet lemma 5 -veined; muticous.
- Distribution
- North America: south-central USA.
- Reference
- Oryzeae. Gr Texas 1993.
Native to:
Texas
Introduced into:
Myanmar
Zizania texana Hitchc. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Silveus, W.A. [518], Texas | K000587409 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Silveus, W.A. [518], Texas | K000587407 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Silveus, W.A. [518], Texas | K000587408 | Unknown type material | Yes |
First published in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23: 454 (1933)
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.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
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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 2022. 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
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. 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