Paspalum lilloi

HABIT Perennial. Culms erect; 40 cm long; 2 -noded. Culm-internodes distally glabrous. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 2–4 mm long; truncate. Leaf-blades 20–30 cm long; 4–6 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade apex attenuate.

INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence composed of racemes.

Racemes 5; borne along a central axis; unilateral; 3–7 cm long. Central inflorescence axis 3–4 cm long. Rhachis narrowly winged; angular; 1.5 mm wide. Spikelet packing abaxial; lax; 2 -rowed.

Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels oblong; 1 mm long; glabrous.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; dorsally compressed; plano-convex; acute; 5–6 mm long; falling entire.

GLUMES Glumes one the lower absent or obscure; reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma. Upper glume lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume margins ciliate (below). Upper glume apex acuminate.

FLORETS Basal sterile florets barren; without significant palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret lanceolate; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; 3 -veined; ciliate on margins; fringed below; acuminate. Fertile lemma lanceolate; 5–6 mm long; indurate; pallid; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex acute. Palea involute; indurate.

FLOWER Anthers 3; 1.5 mm long.

FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.

DISTRIBUTION South America: Brazil and southern South America.

NOTES Paniceae. Hackel 1995.

Please cite this publication as detailed in How to Cite Version: 3rd February 2016.