Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Koeleria
Perennials
, tufted
, sometimes shortly rhizomatous
. Culms
unbranched. Leaf sheaths
of tillering
leaves usually closed
; leaf blades mainly basal, narrow, flat, or inrolled
and filiform
to setaceous
; ligule membranous. Inflorescence a dense spikelike panicle, shining; branches short, erect
, hispidulous
to woolly
. Spikelets
with 2 to several florets
; rachilla puberulous
or glabrous
, disarticulating
below each floret; glumes
narrow, unequal or subequal
, equaling or shorter than florets, strongly keeled
, thinly herbaceous, 1-3(-5) -veined, margins
broad, hyaline
, shining; floret callus small, glabrous or very shortly hairy
; lemmas membranous or papery
, strongly compressed
, sharply keeled, 3-5-veined, margins hyaline, shining, apex obtuse
to acuminate, awnless or with a subapical
mucro
; palea subequaling lemma, hyaline, gaping
free
from lemma margins. Stamens 3. Ovary glabrous. Endosperm sometimes liquid.
About 35 species:temperate regions throughout the world, also on tropical
mountains; four species in China.
This is a genus of narrowly defined, closely related species. They provide good forage
in mountain steppe
.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Koeleria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
K. argentea (Silver Hairgrass Koeleria Argentea) · K. asiatica (Eurasian Junegrass) · K. asiatica atroviolacea (Eurasian Junegrass) · K. atroviolacea atroviolacea (Eurasian Junegrass) · K. brevis (Blue Hairgrass Koeleria Brevis) · K. glauca (Large Blue Hair Grass Koeleria Glauca) · K. macrantha (June Grass Koeleria Macrantha)
More Info
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2782671
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4028372
Footnotes
- Zhen-lan Wu & Sylvia M. Phillips "Koeleria". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 1, 282, 316, 330. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
