Show Lower Taxa
Setaria subg. Ptychophyllum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 543.
Plants usually robust perennials. Blades broad, plicate. Panicles usually loose; bristles solitary, subtending the terminal spikelet of each ultimate branchlet, occasionally present beneath the other spikelets. Spikelets 2.5-5 mm, slender, often acuminate.
Discussion
Setaria subg. Ptychophyllum is primarily an American taxon, but is also found in the Eastern Hemisphere. Three species, all introduced, have been found in the Flora region.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"broad" is not a number."decumbent" is not a number.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
not penicillate +
absent +
absent +
arising +
single +
membranous +
thick +
petiolate +
folded +
adaxial +
involute +
secund +
single +
spikelike +
persistent +
1;several +
not developed +
absent +
small +
sometimes longer +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
decumbent +
woody +
narrow +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, Utah +, W.Va. +, Mich. +, Del. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Iowa +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Md. +, Mass. +, Maine +, N.H. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Fla. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Wyo. +, Puerto Rico +, Calif. +, Oreg. +, Tex. +, La. +, N.C. +, Tenn. +, S.C. +, Ala. +, Virgin Islands +, Pa. +, Mont. +, Miss. +, Ohio +, Va. +, Colo. +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Ariz. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Nev. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. + and Yukon +
1/2 +
waisted +
large +
hard +
capillary +
germination +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
well-developed +
absent +
reduced +
bisexual +
absent +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
membranous +
equal +
lacking +
uncinate +
punctate +
axillary +
elongated +
absent +
distichous +
hyaline +
coriaceous +
absent +
membranous +
free +
absent +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
cuneate +
fleshy +
staminate +
sterile +
reduced +
1-7-veined +
not saccate +
membranous +
5-7-veined +
absent +
not constricted +
hyaline +
membranous +
separated +
hyaline +
involute +
absent +
absent +
glabrous +
keeled +
dense +
subterranean +
spikelike +
absent +
separating +
evident +
higher +
open +
closed +
complex +
bisexual +
unisexual +
length +
intact +
attached +
falling +
absent +
acuminate +
slender +
varying +
simple +
Setaria subg. Ptychophyllum +
Setaria +
subgenus +
subtending +
hyaline +
membranous +
bisexual +
3-9-veined +
absent +
subequal +
maturity +
rugose +
indurate +
equaling +
rugose +
indurate +
maturity +
absent +
not keeled +
perennial +
robust +
rhizomatous +
herbaceous +
various +