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Sacciolepis

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Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a dense, spike-like panicle (in ours), rarely open. Spikelets laterally flattened (dorsally in S. interrupta), asymmetrical; glumes prominently ribbed; lower 1/4 to 3/4 the length of the spikelet; upper glume equalling spikelet and gibbous; lower lemma resembling upper glume but less gibbous; upper lemma dorsally flattened, thinly coriaceous to cartilaginous; margin flat or involute but never hyaline
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Sacciolepis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=192
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Sacciolepis

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Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3] Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]

They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and the Americas.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

These species are annual or perennial and may have rhizomes or stolons. The inflorescence is usually a narrow, dense panicle. They generally grow in moist habitat, such as marshes and streambanks.[7] Sacciolepis is closely related to genus Panicum.[5][6]

Species[1][11][12][13]
formerly included[1]

see Hymenachne Panicum

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Nash, George Valentine. 1901. Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada page 89 in English
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sacciolepis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b Judziewicz, E. J. (1990). A new South American species of Sacciolepis (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), with a summary of the genus in the New World. Systematic Botany 15(3) 415-20.
  6. ^ a b Simon, B. K. (1972). A revision of the genus Sacciolepis (Gramineae) in the 'Flora Zambesiaca' area. Kew Bulletin 27(3) 387-406.
  7. ^ a b Wipff, J. K. Sacciolepis Nash. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
  8. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 500, 510, 511 囊颖草属 nang ying cao shu Sacciolepis Nash, Man. Fl. N. States. 89. 1901.
  9. ^ "Atlas of Living Australia, Sacciolepis R.C.Nash, Cupscale Grass". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  10. ^ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants
  11. ^ The Plant List search for Sacciolepis
  12. ^ Sacciolepis Species List. Germplasm Resources Information Network.
  13. ^ Quattrocchi, U. CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, Volume 1. CRC Press. 2006. pg. 1937.
  14. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
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Sacciolepis: Brief Summary

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Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.

They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

These species are annual or perennial and may have rhizomes or stolons. The inflorescence is usually a narrow, dense panicle. They generally grow in moist habitat, such as marshes and streambanks. Sacciolepis is closely related to genus Panicum.

Species Sacciolepis africana - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar Sacciolepis angustissima - from the Guianas to Bolivia + Peru Sacciolepis antsirabensis - Madagascar Sacciolepis arenaria - Angola Sacciolepis catumbensis - Angola, Zambia Sacciolepis chevalieri - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar Sacciolepis ciliocincta - Africa from Senegal to Sudan + Congo Rep Sacciolepis cingularis - Sudan, Chad, Congo Rep Sacciolepis clatrata - Central African Rep Sacciolepis curvata - eastern + southeastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka Sacciolepis cymbiandra - West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria Sacciolepis fenestrata - Thailand Sacciolepis indica - glenwood grass, Chase's glenwood grass, Indian cupscale grass - Africa from Guinea to Cape Province; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Indian Subcontinent, East + Southeast Asia, Australia; naturalized in New Zealand, southeastern USA, scattered places in Latin America and Pacific Sacciolepis interrupta - tropical Asia, tropical Africa Sacciolepis leptorachis - tropical Africa Sacciolepis micrococca - tropical Africa, Madagascar Sacciolepis myosuroides - tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, Australia Sacciolepis myuros - tropical America from central Mexico to Trinidad + Bolivia Sacciolepis otachyrioides - Colombia (Meta), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Guárico), Guyana (Rupununi), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima) Sacciolepis seslerioides - Congo Rep, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola Sacciolepis striata - southeastern USA from Texas to Delaware; Greater Antilles, Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco), Central America, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guianas, Amapá Sacciolepis tenuissima - Thailand Sacciolepis transbarbata - Tanzania, Burundi, Zaire, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe Sacciolepis typhura - Africa from Ivory Coast to Eswatini Sacciolepis viguieri - Madagascar Sacciolepis vilvoides - Cuba, South America from Venezuela to Uruguay formerly included

see Hymenachne Panicum

Sacciolepis aurita - Panicum auritum Sacciolepis donacifolia - Hymenachne donacifolia Sacciolepis insulicola - Panicum auritum Sacciolepis longissima - Panicum longissimum Sacciolepis polymorpha - Panicum auritum Sacciolepis semienensis - Panicum hymeniochilum
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