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Kikuyuochloa , genus novum (Poaceae: Paniceae)
Author(s) -
Scholz H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.200611112
Subject(s) - inflorescence , pennisetum , bristle , biology , genus , botany , poaceae , brush , electrical engineering , engineering
The new monotypic genus Kikuyuochloa, based on Pennisetum clandestinum , is erected. Contrary to the common view in Pennisetum clandestinum ( Kikuyuochloa clandestina ) 1–4(–6) unispiculate inflorescences each subtended by bristles are grouped in one cluster, the cluster representing the real inflorescence unit homologous to the partial inflorescence of Pennisetum . A basal bristled involucrum is absent in Kikuyuochloa ; the bristle configuration beneath the individual spikelets of Kikuyuochloa is not comparable to the bristled involucrum of Pennisetum . (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)