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尖稃草Acrachne racemosa (Heyne ex Roem. et Schult.) Ohwi

尖稃草Acrachne racemosa (Heyne ex Roem. et Schult.) Ohwi

别名:goosegrass;微药假龙爪茅;

科名:禾本科 Gramineae

属名:尖稃草属 Acrachne

《中国植物志》第10(1)卷036页
  1. 尖稃草(中国高等植物图鉴)微药假龙爪茅(植物学报9卷1期)图版10:1-2, 123:8
  Acrachne racemosa (Heyne ex Roem. et Schult.) Ohwi in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18:1. 1947;中国高等植物图鉴5: 132. 图7094. 1976;海南植物志4:380. 图1188. 1977. ——Eleusine racemosa Heyne ex Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. 2:583. 1817; Roth. Nov. Pl. Sp. 80. 1821. ——Eleusine verticillata Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1:346, 1820. ——Acrachne verticillata (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Chiov. in Ann. Instit. Bot. Roma 6:361. 1908. ——Sclerodactylon micrandrum Keng f. et L. Liou in Acta Bot. Sin. 9(1): 53. 1960, syn. nov.
  一年生。秆直立或膝曲状上升,高8-23厘米,单生或基部分枝。叶鞘光滑,压扁,松弛,短于节间;叶舌膜质,边缘具纤毛;叶片狭披针形,长1.5-6厘米,宽3-8毫米,先端渐尖,上面基部常疏生疣毛。穗状花序数个至多个,在主轴上分层排列成假轮生或对生,长4-12厘米;小穗长椭圆形,无柄,两侧压扁,成熟时草黄色,长6-10毫米,有6-17小花,穗轴不延伸于顶端之外,小穗轴脱节于颖之上或小花之间,颖硬纸质或膜质,具1脉。第一颖卵状长圆形,长2-3毫米,第二颖稍大,长3-4毫米;外稃硬纸质或厚膜质,宽卵形,具3脉,长约3毫米,主脉延伸成0.5-1毫米的芒,成熟时自下而上脱落;内稃透明膜质,具2脊,迟落。囊果。秋季抽穗。
  产云南西南部及海南;多生于海拔350-900米斜坡干燥地、小田坝及江边。亚洲、大洋洲、美洲的热带地区也有分布。
  本植物为牲畜的优良饲料。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 22 (2006)
Acrachne racemosa  (B. Heyne ex Roemer & Schultes) Ohwi
尖稃草   jian fu cao
Eleusine racemosa B. Heyne ex Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 583. 1817; Acrachne verticillata (Roxburgh) Wight & Arnott ex Chiovenda; Eleusine verticillata Roxburgh; Lepto-chloa racemosa (B. Heyne ex Roemer & Schultes) Kunth; Sclero-dactylon micrandrum P. C. Keng & L. Liu.
Culms tufted, erect or geniculately ascending, 8–50 cm tall. Leaf sheaths glabrous, compressed; leaf blades narrowly lanceolate, 7–20 × 0.3–1 cm, soft, adaxial surface tuberculate-pilose at base, tapering to a setaceous apex. Inflorescence subdigitate or racemes arranged along a central axis up to 15 cm; racemes mainly grouped in pseudo-whorls or pairs, 4–12 cm, ascending. Spikelets densely imbricate, oblong with serrate outline, 6–10 mm, florets 6–20, stramineous at maturity; glumes papery-membranous; lower glume narrowly oblong, 1.2–3 mm, apex acute, mucronate; upper glume lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm, acuminate, awn-pointed; lemmas broadly ovate, 2–3 mm, keel scabrid, shallowly concave above middle and excurrent into a stout 0.5–1 mm awn-point, lateral veins also fractionally excurrent. Grain blackish, rugose, surface finely granular. Fl. and fr. autumn. 2n = 36.
Field margins, river banks; 300–900 m. Hainan, Yunnan [Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, SW Asia (S Arabia), N Australia, Pacific Islands; introduced in the West Indies].
This species is a good forage grass.

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