''Melica bocquetii'', is a species of grass in the family
Poaceae
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...
that is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the
Subbaetic mountains of southern Spain.
[S. Talavera. Lagascalia 14(1): 118 (1986). Una nueva especie del genero Melica L.]
Description
The species is
perennial
In horticulture, the term perennial ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. It has thus been defined as a plant that lives more than 2 years. The term is also ...
and caespitose with elongated
rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and Shoot (botany), shoots from its Node (botany), nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from ...
s. Its
culms are long. Culm-internodes scaberulous with leaf-sheaths are scabrous and tubular with one of their length being closed. It eciliate membrane is long and is lacerate. Leaf-blades being convolute, and are long and wide. They also have scaberulous surface which is also puberulous and hairy as well. The
panicle
In botany, a panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a p ...
branches are oblong, scaberulous, and are long by wide. Its
spikelet
A spikelet, in botany, describes the typical arrangement of the inflorescences of grasses, sedges and some other monocots.
Each spikelet has one or more florets. The spikelets are further grouped into panicles or spikes. The part of the sp ...
s are obovate, pendulous, solitary and are long. Fertile spikelets have hairy, pubescent, curved and filiformed
pedicels
In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branch ...
. Florets are diminished with
callus
A callus (: calluses) is an area of thickened and sometimes hardened skin that forms as a response to repeated friction, pressure, or other irritation. Since repeated contact is required, calluses are most often found on the feet and hands, b ...
being pubescent as well. The species have a smooth
rachilla.
[
Its lemma have long hairs and have villous surface. Fertile lemma is chartaceous, lanceolate and is long. Sterile floret is also barren, cuneate, and is clumped. Both the lower and upper glumes are keelless, lanceolate, and have attenuate apexes, but have different surfaces. The upper glume is long with pilose surface, while the lower glumes is long and is puberulous on the bottom. Palea is elliptic and is long and have 2 veines with puberulous surface. Flowers are growing together and have 3 ]anther
The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...
s that are long with 2 lodicule
A spikelet, in botany, describes the typical arrangement of the inflorescences of grasses, sedges and some other monocots.
Each spikelet has one or more florets. The spikelets are further grouped into panicles or spikes. The part of the spikel ...
s. Fruits are fusiform and have an additional pericarp.[
]
References
External links
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bocquetii
Flora of Europe