Parapholis
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Establishment means
Introduced
Annuals. Leaves flat or convolute; ligule membranous. Inflorescence a slender spike, disarticulating below each spikelet at maturity. Spikelets 1-flowered, sunk in recesses along rachis; glumes 2, inserted side by side and covering recess except at anthesis, strongly veined, firm; lemma membranous, shorter than glumes, inserted side-on to rachis, 3-nerved, the lateral nerves very short.
6 species, mostly of saline areas from western Europe to India; 2 species naturalised in Australia and Victoria.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Spinning
genus
Parapholis
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