Andropogon sect. Andropogon

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 652.

Inflorescences usually only terminal, axillary inflorescences absent or few. Lower glumes thinly coriaceous, with 3-9 veins between the keels; keels often winged. Pedicellate spikelets usually well-developed, staminate.

Selected References

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

3 +  and 1 +
anatomy +  and kranz +
Christopher S. Campbell +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
terete +  and flattened +
slender +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
well-developed +
convolute +, folded +, flat +  and linear +
reduced +
spikelike +
much-branched +
purple +  and reddish +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (310 cm3,100 mm <br />3.1 m <br />) +
not woody +
Minn. +, Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wis. +, Del. +, D.C +, Man. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, W.Va. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Ark. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Ga. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, N.Mex. +, Nev. +, Puerto Rico +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Virgin Islands +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, N.H. +, Ala. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tenn. +, Utah +, Maine +, Vt. +, Colo. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, S.Dak. +, Iowa +, Ohio +  and Mont. +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
concealing +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
compressed +  and rounded +
unequal +
uncinate +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
pedunculate +  and multiple-stalked +
fimbriate +  and cupulate +
solid +  and hollow +
photosynthetic +
not aromatic +
coriaceous +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
2-9-veined +  and veined +
concave +, flat +  and 2-keeled +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
sessile-pedicellate +
heterogamous +
not fused +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
dry +  and fleshy +
elongate +
staminate +  and pedicellate +
in triplets +  and paired +
well-developed +
usually smaller +  and reduced +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Andropogon sect. Andropogon +
Andropogon +
section +
membranous +
sessile-pedicellate +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +