Schmidiella Veldk., 2018
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5252/adansonia2018v40a4 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4623782 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D5A87A3-054E-B227-FE9C-F962FBD1FCB1 |
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treatment provided by |
Carolina |
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scientific name |
Schmidiella Veldk. |
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gen. nov. |
Schmidiella Veldk. View in CoL , gen. nov.
Annuae. Ligula series puberula. Inflorescentia spica espatheata contracta solitaria simplex glabra, axe triquetro tenaci spicula terminato. Spiculae sessiles lateraliter appressae, lateraliter complanatae. Callus obtusus. Glumae desunt. Lemma 3- vel 5-nervatum arista subapicali recta simplici. Rhachillae processus deest. Palea 1-nervata. Lodiculae desunt. Stamina 2, antherae terminaliter exsertae. Stigma 1, terminaliter exsertum. Caryopsis tereta linearis dorsaliter sulcata laevis.
TYPE SPECIES. — Schmidiella maxwellii Veldk. View in CoL , sp. nov.
DISTRIBUTION. — Laos.
ETYMOLOGY. — Named for Dr Maurice Schmid (1922- hodie), former Inspecteur général de Recherches de l’ORSTOM, agronomist, botanist (Indochinese Gramineae , New Caledonian Myrsinaceae , Phyllanthaceae ) at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Phanérogamie, Paris, France, in thankful recognition of his “Flore agrostologique de l’Indochine”. See also http:// www.academieoutremer.fr/academiciens/fiche.php?aId=57 (biography, portr.).
DESCRIPTION
Annual. Ligule a row of hairs. Inflorescence an espatheate, contracted, solitary, simple, glabrous spike, common axis triquetrous, tenuous, ending in a spikelet. Spikelets sessile, laterally appressed. laterally flattened. Callus obtuse. Glumes absent. Lemma 3- or 5-nerved with a subapical, straight, simple awn. Rachilla process absent. Palea 1-nerved. Lodicules absent. Stamens 2, anthers exserting terminally. Stigma 1, exserting terminally. Caryopsis terete, linear, dorsally sulcate, smooth.
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