identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03B787C6FF871961FD1BFCED7578EED6.text	03B787C6FF871961FD1BFCED7578EED6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microstegium fasciculatum	<div><p>Microstegium fasciculatum (L.) Henrard, Blumea 3(3): 453. 1940. Tripsacum fasciculatum (L.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 306. 1825. Andropogon fasciculatum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1047. 1753 (‘fasciculatus’). Lectotype (designated by Cope in Cafferty et al., 2000): Habitat in Indiis, Herb. Linn. No. 1211.27, lower central specimen (LINN). Fig.1</p><p>Perennial, mat-forming herbs, rooting from the lower nodes. Culms up to 4 m tall, robust or of moderate build; internodes glabrous, sometimes pubescent; nodes glabrous or bearded. Leaf sheaths bearded, outer margins pilose, mouth glabrous or hairy; ligule membranous, 1–3 mm long, blades linear-lanceolate, 8–30 × 0.5–2 cm, attenuate to slightly rounded at base, pseudopetiole absent, pilose, more densely on ventral surface, acuminate to setaceous at apex. Inflorescence of 3–25 digitate racemes, 5–15 cm long; racemes straight, 4–15 cm long; rachis angular, margins ciliate. Spikelets paired, sessile or pedicelled. Sessile spikelets 2.6– 4.5 × 0.7–0.8 mm, oblong, acute at apex, awned; lower glume elliptic-oblong, 3–4 × 0.5–1 mm, dorsally shallowly grooved, 3–4-nerved, 2-keeled; keels ciliate to hairy towards apex, acute, obtuse or emarginate at apex; upper glume elliptic, 3–4 × 0.6– 0.8 mm, strongly compressed, with 0.2–0.4 mm long bristle at tip, 3-nerved with prominent midnerve and 2 faint lateral nerves, midnerve keeled and scabrid. Florets 2, lower floret present, barren; lower lemma 0.5–0.6 × 0.2–0.3 mm, hyaline, with notched apex; lower palea 2.1–2.5 mm, narrowly oblong, acute; upper lemma glabrous, reduced to hyaline base of the awn 0.2–0.4 (–1) mm, apex rounded to emarginate and continued with the awn; awn 6–12 mm long, geniculate, lower twothird chestnut brown in colour, twisted; upper palea ovate-oblong, 0.8–0.9 × 0.4– 0.5 mm, hyaline, acute at apex. Anthers 3, 1.5–2.5 mm long. Pedicelled spikelets 2.5–2.8 × 0.6–0.7 mm; pedicels 2–2.5 mm long, ciliate; lower glume 2.5–2.8 × 0.6–0.7 mm, keels finely serrulate; upper glume 2.5–2.8 × 0.6– 0.7 mm; upper lemma awn 4–5 mm long; other features similar to sessile spikelet. Caryopsis not seen.</p><p>Flowering &amp; fruiting: Flowering from August to November and fruiting from December to January.</p><p>Habitat: Open disturbed areas.</p><p>Distribution: Africa (West-Central, East Tropical, South Tropical), Bhutan, China, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Island, Malaysia, Moluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam and India.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Andaman &amp; Nicobar Islands, Andamans, 26.03.1904, C. G . Rogers 172 (CAL). Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam district, S. E . of Gudem camp, 24.02.1947, V . Narayanaswami &amp; Party 592 (CAL). Assam, Ahitamo Reserve (15 miles) from Fatimabad T. E., 31.01.1955, M. P . Guha 71 (CAL); Gowhatti hills, November 1852 (CAL). Maharashtra, Bombay (Mumbai), Malawani, 13.12.1956, P. C . Nanda 1061 (CAL). Meghalaya, Garo hills, Dambu, December 1886, C . Mann 1 (CAL). Nagaland, Kohima, 22.12.1885, C. B . Clarke 41737 (CAL). Uttarakhand, Dehradun, 2000 ft, October 1892, J. S . Gamble 93946 (CAL). West Bengal, Darjeeling, 2000 ft, 02.10.1870, C. B . Clarke 12576D (CAL); Jalpaiguri, Jaldapara National Park, Kodalbashi, 26.11.2013, K . Karthigeyan 61224 (CAL) .</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>The authors thank the Director, Botanical Survey of India and the Head of Office, Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India for access to facilities and support.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B787C6FF871961FD1BFCED7578EED6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	S., Dey;S., Das;Karthigeyan, K.	S., Dey, S., Das, Karthigeyan, K. (2021): Microstegium (Poaceae), a new generic record for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Rheedea 31 (2): 68-70, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.02.05, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2021.31.02.05
