- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Koeleria Pers.
Koeleria vallesiana (Honck.) Gaudin
[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Butt sheaths scarious; not bulbous, or thickened and forming a bulb; persistent and investing base of culm; with fibrous dead sheaths. Culms erect; 10-40 cm long; 1-3 -noded. Leaves mostly basal. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.3-0.7 mm long. Leaf-blades filiform, or linear; flat, or convolute; 3-12 cm long; 1-3 mm wide; stiff. Leaf-blade surface ribbed; glabrous, or pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Peduncle pubescent above. Panicle spiciform; linear, or lanceolate; continuous, or interrupted; 2-5.5(-7.5) cm long; 0.6-1.2 cm wide. Panicle branches pubescent. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels oblong.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2-3 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong, or cuneate; laterally compressed; 4.5-6.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes pubescent.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2-3 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong, or cuneate; laterally compressed; 4.5-6.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; reaching apex of florets, or shorter than spikelet; similar to fertile lemma in texture; shiny; gaping. Lower glume lanceolate; 3.5-5.5 mm long; 0.7-0.8 length of upper glume; membranous; much thinner on margins; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume primary vein scabrous. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume surface glabrous. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume elliptic; 4-6.3 mm long; 1-1.1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; with hyaline margins; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume primary vein scabrous. Upper glume surface glabrous. Upper glume apex acute; muticous, or mucronate, or awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 0-0.4 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma elliptic; 4-5.3(-5.7) mm long; membranous; much thinner on margins; shiny; keeled; keeled above; 3 -veined. Lemma surface puberulous. Lemma apex acute; muticous, or mucronate. Palea gaping. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2; oblong; membranous; 2-toothed. Anthers 3; (1.7-)2-2.5(-2.7) mm long. Ovary glabrous.
- Distribution
- Europe: northern, central, southwestern, and southeastern. Africa: north.
- Reference
- Aveneae. TAC.
Native to:
Algeria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia
- Aira valesiaca Colla
- Aira vallesiana (Honck.) All.
- Airochloa pubescens Link
- Airochloa vallesiana (Honck.) Link
- Brachystylus setaceus (Pers.) Dulac
- Festuca splendens Pourr.
- Koeleria alpicola Godr. & Gren.
- Koeleria andreanszkyi Ujhelyi
- Koeleria aurata Bubani
- Koeleria castellana Boiss. & Reut.
- Koeleria cristata var. pectinata (Lam.) Pers.
- Koeleria epauneroi Kerguélen
- Koeleria gandreanszkyi Kerguélen
- Koeleria intricata Genty
- Koeleria langeana Willk. & Lange
- Koeleria linkii Kunth
- Koeleria narbonnensis Domin
- Koeleria nitida Ten.
- Koeleria pauneroi Ujhelyi
- Koeleria pectinata (Lam.) Shinners
- Koeleria scheuchzeri Rouy
- Koeleria setacea (Pers.) DC.
- Koeleria splendens (Pourr.) Druce
- Koeleria tuberosa Pers.
- Koeleria vallesiana subsp. abbreviata (Domin) Kerguélen
- Koeleria vallesiana var. intermedia (Timb.-Lagr.) Kupfer
- Koeleria vallesiana var. mediterranea (Braun-Blanq.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Koeleria villosa Boutelou ex Willk. & Lange
- Poa pectinacea Kunth
- Poa pectinata Lam.
- Poa vallesiana Honck.
- Sesleria variegata Clairv.
Koeleria vallesiana (Honck.) Gaudin appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2016 | Calvo, J. [JC2302], Spain | K000342300 | isoneotype | |
| unknown [s.n.] | K000696806 |
First published in Alpina 3: 47 (1808)
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.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
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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/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0