Heteropogon, Persoon, 1807

Drisya, Valiyaparambil & Pradeep, Ayilliath Kuttiyeri, 2020, On reinstating Heteropogon allionii (Poaceae: Panicoideae), Phytotaxa 429 (2), pp. 157-166 : 164

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.429.2.6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D8674570-FFD4-FF9D-FF55-658198F0FBD2

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scientific name

Heteropogon
status

 

Key to the species of Heteropogon View in CoL in India

1. Lower glume of pedicelled spikelet glandular ......................................................................................................... H. melanocarpus View in CoL

1. Lower glume of pedicelled spikelet eglandular..................................................................................................................................2

2. Culms 100–250 cm tall....................................................................................................................................................... H. triticeus View in CoL

2. Culms 15–100 cm tall.........................................................................................................................................................................3

3. Inflorescence hairy; lower glume of pedicelled spikelets tubercle based hairy .................................................................................4

3. Inflorescence glabrous; lower glume of pedicelled spikelets glabrous..............................................................................................5

4. Annual, tubercle based hairs on the glumes golden yellowish............................................................................................ H. ritchiei View in CoL

4. Perennial, tubercle based hairs on the glumes hyaline..................................................................................................... H. contortus View in CoL

5. Annual, 15–30 cm tall ................................................................................................................................................ H. polystachyus

5. Perennials, usually 30–80 cm tall.......................................................................................................................................................6

6. Leaves conspicuously distichous................................................................................................................................. H. fischerianus View in CoL

6. Leaves not distichous .......................................................................................................................................................... H. allionii View in CoL

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

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