Paspalum virgatum* L. Syst.Nat.
ed.10, 2:855(1759).
Classification. (GPWG 2001) : Subfamily
Panicoideae. Paniceae.
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: Jamaica:, Browne s.n. (LT: LINN-80.26).
Key references
(books and floras): [2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass, Grasses of
Australia.
Habit.
Perennial. Culms stature robust to moderate, 100–200 cm tall. Ligule an
eciliate membrane, lacerate. Leaf-blades 10–25 mm wide.
Inflorescence.
Racemes 10–16, spreading or drooping, 7–15 cm long, 3.5–4 mm wide. Central
inflorescence axis 15–30 cm long.
Spikelets.
Spikelets pedicelled. Fertile spikelets comprising 1 fertile floret(s), without
rachilla extension, elliptic or obovate, dorsally compressed, 2.2–2.5 mm long.
Glumes. Glumes
thinner than fertile lemma. Upper glume oblong, membranous, without keels, 3
-nerved. Florets. Basal sterile florets 1, barren, without significant
palea. Lemma of lower sterile floret 200 % of length of spikelet, 3 -nerved.
Fertile lemma 2.2–2.5
mm long, without keel.
Continental
Distribution: Temperate Asia, Australasia, North America, and South
America.
Australian
Distribution: Queensland.
Queensland:
Cook.
