Hybrid Beardgrass (Bothriochloa hybrida)
Description
Racemes digitate; 6-11 cm long; with branchlets at base of longer racemes. Central inflorescence axis 0.6-5.5 cm long. Rhachis fragile at the nodes; flattened; villous on margins. Rhachis hairs 5-7 mm long. Rhachis internodes linear. Rhachis internode tip transverse.Spikelets in pairs. Fertile spikelets sessile; 1 in the cluster. Companion sterile spikelets pedicelled; 1 in the cluster. Pedicels linear; flattened; with a translucent median line (also present in internodes); villous; hairy all along but hairs longer above; with 5-7 mm long hairs.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Bothriochloa
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