G.624. Urelytrum Hack.

Description of the genus

Perennial (ours) with a membranous ligule. Inflorescence terminal, composed of 1-many subdigitate racemes. Racemes cylindric or slightly flattened, obliquely jointed, very fragile; internodes clavate, with a crater-like apex. Sessile spikelet: callus oblique, inserted into the apex of the internode; lower glume broadly convex; margin sharply inflexed and becoming keeled towards the apex; often muricate on the sides; upper glume awnless; lower floret male with a palea; upper lemma entire and awnless. Pedicellate spikelet about as along as the sessile spikelet, long-awned (1-12 cm) from the lower glume.

Worldwide: 7 species in tropical Africa

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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agropyroides (Hack.) Hack.N,MS,MDescription

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Kew Herbarium catalogue: Urelytrum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Urelytrum.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=252, retrieved 30 March 2023

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