Schmidiella Veldk., 2018

Veldkamp, Jan-Frits, 2018, Schmidiella Veldk., gen. nov., an enigmatic new genus of Gramineae from Laos, Adansonia (3) 40 (4), pp. 55-58 : 56

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/adansonia2018v40a4

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4623782

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D5A87A3-054E-B227-FE9C-F962FBD1FCB1

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Carolina

scientific name

Schmidiella Veldk.
status

gen. nov.

Schmidiella Veldk. View in CoL , gen. nov.

Annuae. Ligula series puberula. Inflorescentia spica espatheata contracta solitaria simplex glabra, axe triquetro tenaci spicula terminato. Spiculae sessiles lateraliter appressae, lateraliter complanatae. Callus obtusus. Glumae desunt. Lemma 3- vel 5-nervatum arista subapicali recta simplici. Rhachillae processus deest. Palea 1-nervata. Lodiculae desunt. Stamina 2, antherae terminaliter exsertae. Stigma 1, terminaliter exsertum. Caryopsis tereta linearis dorsaliter sulcata laevis.

TYPE SPECIES. — Schmidiella maxwellii Veldk. View in CoL , sp. nov.

DISTRIBUTION. — Laos.

ETYMOLOGY. — Named for Dr Maurice Schmid (1922- hodie), former Inspecteur général de Recherches de l’ORSTOM, agronomist, botanist (Indochinese Gramineae , New Caledonian Myrsinaceae , Phyllanthaceae ) at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Phanérogamie, Paris, France, in thankful recognition of his “Flore agrostologique de l’Indochine”. See also http:// www.academieoutremer.fr/academiciens/fiche.php?aId=57 (biography, portr.).

DESCRIPTION

Annual. Ligule a row of hairs. Inflorescence an espatheate, contracted, solitary, simple, glabrous spike, common axis triquetrous, tenuous, ending in a spikelet. Spikelets sessile, laterally appressed. laterally flattened. Callus obtuse. Glumes absent. Lemma 3- or 5-nerved with a subapical, straight, simple awn. Rachilla process absent. Palea 1-nerved. Lodicules absent. Stamens 2, anthers exserting terminally. Stigma 1, exserting terminally. Caryopsis terete, linear, dorsally sulcate, smooth.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

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