Awned panick grass (Oplismenus compositus)

Awned panick grass (Oplismenus compositus) is a species of plant in the Poaceae, 15-150 cm long, leaves lanceolate or ovate, 2-16 cm long, 8-35 mm wide, strands veined and have transverse veins, pointed or slightly pointed ends. .

O. compositus has racema composed of inflorescences, grows on the side of the central axis, unilateral and 2.5-11 cm long. The middle inflorescence axis is 5-25 cm long with angular rachis and pilose at the bottom.

The spikelets are arranged in 2 rows, namely fertile, pedicelled and sessile. Stem oblong. The spikelet also has one basal sterile floret and one fertile floret. 2.5-4 mm long and lanceolate.

Glumes are shorter than spikelets and thinner than fertile lemmas. The bottom is ovoid with a tent length of 3-10 mm. The upper glume is ovoid, obtuse and 0-4 mm long.

The flower buds are 2-2.5 mm long, pubescent, emarginate and mucronate. The florets and glumes have a keel. Glume is 5 items and florets are 7-11 items. Fruit linear and 0.5 mm long.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Oplismenus
Species: Oplismenus compositus
Subspecies: Oplismenus compositus ssp. intermedius, Oplismenus compositus ssp. owatarii

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