糖蜜草Melinis minutiflora Beauv.
糖蜜草Melinis minutiflora Beauv.
1．糖蜜草（禾本科图说）图版69
Melinis minutiflora Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 54. t. ll. f. 4. 1812: Hitchc. Man. Grass. Unit. Stat. 569. f. 820. 1950; 中国主要植物图说 禾本科667. 图604. 1959; Bor, Grass. Burm. Ceyl. Ind. Pakist. 315. f. 35. 1960;台湾的禾草541. 图165. 1975; 合湾植物志5: 562. 1978. ——Suardia picta Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Acad. Monac. t. 58. 1819.——Tristegis glutinosa Nees, Hor. Phys. Berol. 47. 54. 1820. ——Panicum minutiflorum (Beauv.) Raspail in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. 5:229. 1825. ——Panicum melinis Trin. in Mom. Acad. Sci. St. Pkersb. ser. 6(3): 291. 1834. ——Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 177. 1854.
多年生栽培牧草；植物体被腺毛，有糖蜜味。秆多分枝，基部平卧，于节上生根，上部直立，开花时高可达1米，节上具柔毛。叶鞘短于节间，疏被长柔毛和瘤基毛；叶舌短，膜质，顶端具睫毛；叶片线形，长5-10厘米，宽5-8毫米，两面被毛，叶缘具睫毛。圆锥花序开展，长10-20厘米，末级分枝纤细，弓曲；小穗卵状椭圆形，长约2毫米，多少两侧压扁，无毛；第一颖小，三角形，无脉，第二颖长圆形，具7脉，顶端2齿裂，裂齿间具短芒或无；第一小花退化，外稃狭长圆形，具5脉，顶端2裂，裂齿间具1纤细的长芒，长可达10毫米，内稃缺；第二小花两性，外稃卵状长圆形，较第一小花外稃稍短，具3脉，顶端微2裂，透明，内稃与外稃形状，质地相似；鳞被2；花柱2，基部联合，柱头羽毛状。颖果长圆形。染色体2n=36。花果期7-10月。
本种原产非洲，现已为许多热带国家引种栽培为牧草。我国台湾已归化，四川等地曾有引种。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 22 (2006)
Melinis minutiflora P. Beauvois
糖蜜草 tang mi cao
Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steudel; Panicum melinis Trinius, nom illeg. superfl.; P. minutiflorum (P. Beauvois) Raspail; Suardia picta Schrank; Tristegis glutinosa Nees.
Perennial. Culms tufted, geniculately ascending, rooting at lower nodes, 50–150 cm tall. Leaf sheaths and blades densely tomentose with glandular hairs, slightly sticky with a strong smell; leaf blades linear, 5–20 × 0.5–1.5 cm. Panicle purplish, narrowly ovate, 10–20 cm; pedicels glabrous, scaberulous, rarely with a few hairs toward the apex. Spikelets narrowly ovate-oblong, 1.7–2.2 mm; lower glume ovate, 0.1–0.4 mm, veinless; upper glume prominently 7-veined, obtusely 2-lobed, awnless or with a mucro to 1 mm from the sinus; lower floret neuter without a palea, lemma similar to upper glume but narrower, prominently 5-veined, acutely 2-lobed, awnless or with a slender awn to 15 mm from the sinus; upper floret whitish, thinly cartilaginous, smooth, shining, slightly shorter than lower lemma. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct. 2n = 36.
Introduced into S China as a fodder grass, locally naturalized. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Yunnan [native to Africa].
This species has been introduced into many tropical countries for fodder (Molasses Grass).
科名：禾本科 Gramineae
属名：糖蜜草属 Melinis
1．糖蜜草（禾本科图说）图版69
Melinis minutiflora Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 54. t. ll. f. 4. 1812: Hitchc. Man. Grass. Unit. Stat. 569. f. 820. 1950; 中国主要植物图说 禾本科667. 图604. 1959; Bor, Grass. Burm. Ceyl. Ind. Pakist. 315. f. 35. 1960;台湾的禾草541. 图165. 1975; 合湾植物志5: 562. 1978. ——Suardia picta Schrank, Pl. Rar. Hort. Acad. Monac. t. 58. 1819.——Tristegis glutinosa Nees, Hor. Phys. Berol. 47. 54. 1820. ——Panicum minutiflorum (Beauv.) Raspail in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. 5:229. 1825. ——Panicum melinis Trin. in Mom. Acad. Sci. St. Pkersb. ser. 6(3): 291. 1834. ——Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 177. 1854.
多年生栽培牧草；植物体被腺毛，有糖蜜味。秆多分枝，基部平卧，于节上生根，上部直立，开花时高可达1米，节上具柔毛。叶鞘短于节间，疏被长柔毛和瘤基毛；叶舌短，膜质，顶端具睫毛；叶片线形，长5-10厘米，宽5-8毫米，两面被毛，叶缘具睫毛。圆锥花序开展，长10-20厘米，末级分枝纤细，弓曲；小穗卵状椭圆形，长约2毫米，多少两侧压扁，无毛；第一颖小，三角形，无脉，第二颖长圆形，具7脉，顶端2齿裂，裂齿间具短芒或无；第一小花退化，外稃狭长圆形，具5脉，顶端2裂，裂齿间具1纤细的长芒，长可达10毫米，内稃缺；第二小花两性，外稃卵状长圆形，较第一小花外稃稍短，具3脉，顶端微2裂，透明，内稃与外稃形状，质地相似；鳞被2；花柱2，基部联合，柱头羽毛状。颖果长圆形。染色体2n=36。花果期7-10月。
本种原产非洲，现已为许多热带国家引种栽培为牧草。我国台湾已归化，四川等地曾有引种。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 22 (2006)
Melinis minutiflora P. Beauvois
糖蜜草 tang mi cao
Muhlenbergia brasiliensis Steudel; Panicum melinis Trinius, nom illeg. superfl.; P. minutiflorum (P. Beauvois) Raspail; Suardia picta Schrank; Tristegis glutinosa Nees.
Perennial. Culms tufted, geniculately ascending, rooting at lower nodes, 50–150 cm tall. Leaf sheaths and blades densely tomentose with glandular hairs, slightly sticky with a strong smell; leaf blades linear, 5–20 × 0.5–1.5 cm. Panicle purplish, narrowly ovate, 10–20 cm; pedicels glabrous, scaberulous, rarely with a few hairs toward the apex. Spikelets narrowly ovate-oblong, 1.7–2.2 mm; lower glume ovate, 0.1–0.4 mm, veinless; upper glume prominently 7-veined, obtusely 2-lobed, awnless or with a mucro to 1 mm from the sinus; lower floret neuter without a palea, lemma similar to upper glume but narrower, prominently 5-veined, acutely 2-lobed, awnless or with a slender awn to 15 mm from the sinus; upper floret whitish, thinly cartilaginous, smooth, shining, slightly shorter than lower lemma. Fl. and fr. Jul–Oct. 2n = 36.
Introduced into S China as a fodder grass, locally naturalized. Hong Kong, Taiwan, Yunnan [native to Africa].
This species has been introduced into many tropical countries for fodder (Molasses Grass).