Foxtail meadow ( Latin: Alopecúrus praténsis ) is a species of herbaceous plants of the genus Foxtail ( Alopecurus ) of the Cereals family , or Bluegrass ( Poaceae ).
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Content
- 1 Botanical Description
- 2 Distribution and habitat
- 3 Economic value and application
- 4 Botanical classification
- 4.1 Synonyms
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
Botanical Description
Perennial grassy loose-leaf plants, (30) 50-120 cm tall. The rhizome is short. The leaves are linear, flat, green, sharp-rough, 4-10 mm wide. The vagina is smooth, flattened. Reeds are membranous, bluntly chopped, 1-2.5 mm long.
The common inflorescence is a cylindrical panicle , 3-10 cm long and 6-9 mm wide. Spikelets are elliptical, single-flowered, 4.5-5.5 (6) mm long, collected 3-4 by pressed branches. Spikelet scales are pubescent. Lower floral scales with spine. Three stamens ; anthers yellow, 2.5-3.2 mm long.
Flowering in June; fruiting in July.
Distribution and habitat
Southern Urals
Economic Significance and Application
Botanical classification
Synonyms
According to The Plant List for 2010 [2] , the synonymy of the species includes:
- Alopecurus alpestris Wahlenb. ex Steud. , nom. inval.
- Alopecurus altissimus schur
- Alopecurus arvensis Gromov ex Trautv. , nom. inval.
- Alopecurus brachyglossus Peterm.
- Alopecurus candicans Salzm. ex Steud. , nom. inval.
- Alopecurus caudicans Salzm. ex Ball , nom. inval.
- Alopecurus laguriformis schur
- Alopecurus lasiostachyus link
- Alopecurus laxiflorus Ovcz.
- Alopecurus obscurus schur
- Alopecurus pallidus Dumort.
- Alopecurus phleiformis P. beauv . , nom. inval.
- Alopecurus pronus mitt . ex Hook.f. , nom. inval.
- Alopecurus scaber opiz
- Alopecurus seravschanicus Ovcz.
- Alopecurus sericeus Gaertn.
- Alopecurus soongaricus ( Schrenk ) Petrov
- Alopecurus tauntoniensis sinclair
- Alopecurus trivialis Seidl ex Opiz
- Alopecurus villosus gilib.
- Phalaris aristata Schousb. ex willd.
- Tozzettia pratensis ( L. ) Savi
- Tozzettia vulgaris Bubani , nom. illeg.
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
- ↑ Alopecurus pratensis L. is an accepted name . The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). Date of treatment December 18, 2013.
Literature
- Gubanov I.A. et al. 100. Alopecurus pratensis L. - Foxtail meadow // Illustrated identifier of plants in Central Russia. In 3 t . - M .: T-in scientific. ed. KMK, Institute of Technology. ISS., 2002. - T. 1. Ferns, horsetails, crowns, gymnosperms, angiosperms (monocotyledons). - S. 194. - ISBN 8-87317-091-6 .
- Ovchinnikov P.N. Alopecurus pratensis L. - Foxtail meadow // Flora of the USSR : in 30 t / h. ed. V.L. Komarov . - L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1934. - T. 2 / ed. volumes R. Yu. Rozhevits , B.K. Shishkin . - S. 150-151. - 778, XXXIII p. - 5175 copies.
- Tsvelev N.N. Alopecurus pratensis L. sl - Foxtail meadow // Grains of the USSR / resp. ed. An. A. Fedorov . - L .: Nauka , 1976 .-- S. 376-378. - 788 p. - 2900 copies.
Links
- Foxtail meadow : information on the taxon in the Plantarium project (a guide to plants and an illustrated atlas of species). (Retrieved December 8, 2013)