PHLEUML. - TIMOTHY
Scientific Description:
Annual or perennial. Ligule hyaline, obtuse to truncate. Leaf blades flat. Inflorescence a spike-like panicle. Spikelets with 1 floret, hermaphrodite, laterally compressed. Rachilla disarticulating above glumes. Glumes equal, 3- veined, longer than lemma, sometimes with a narrow wing on keel, gradually or abruptly terminating in aristate point or with a small mucro. Lemma 5−7-veined, rounded dorsally, obtuse or truncate at apex, always awnless. Palea equalling lemma or slightly shorter, 2-veined. Lodicules 2. Stamens (2−)3. Ovary glabrous. Caryopsis elliptic to ovoid.
Reference:
Doğan M (1985). Phleum L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 9: 388.
Public Description:
Phleum is a genus of annual and perennial plants, commonly known as “timothy”, and is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa. There are 18 species in the world and 5 species (10 taxa) in Türkiye. Several species are important as cattle feed and hay for horses.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phleum/,Accessed date: 30.03.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Poaceae/Phleum/ Accessed date: 30.03.2016.
Anonymous 3 (2016). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=phleum / Accessed date: 30.03.2016
Cabi E, Doğan M (2012). Phleum L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 737–739.
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