sessile spikelet

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• abortiva —   , abortivum   L. aborted.   1) The sessile spikelet of each pair is sterile. Digitaria abortiva   2) the apex of rhachis projects as a bristle beyond the uppermost spikelet. Panicum abortivum …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• euchaetus —   Gk eu , well; chaete, bristle. The lower glume of the sessile spikelet has a long bifid awn and that of the stalked spikelet a long single awn …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• heterogama —   Gk heteros, different; gamos, marriage.   1) Sessile spikelet sterile and pedicellate fertile. Apocopis heterogama   2) lower florets and spikelet bisexual or male and upper florets female. Poa heterogama …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• occultum —   L. hidden. Sessile spikelet small, developing in the axil of the pedicel of the stalked spikelet, and thus easily overlooked …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• anemopaegma —   Gk anemos, wind; paigma, play. The long hairy awn on the lemma of the sessile spikelet causes the inflorescence to shake in the slightest breeze …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• Apocopis —   Gk apo , separate; kopis, meat cleaver. The sessile spikelet is truncate …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• bipennatum —   , bipennatus   L. bis, twice; pinna, feather; atum, possessing. The fertile sessile spikelet is subtended by two feathery pedicels which lack the male spikelets customarily present in related species …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• castratus —   L. castro, castrate. Sessile spikelet of pair only one present …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• Gryllus —   , gryllus   Gk gryllus, cricket. The spikelets are in clusters of three which together bear a fanciful resemblance to a cricket. Furthermore, the spikelets are shed as triads which move erratically in response to the twisting and untwisting of… …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• impressa —   , impressum, impressus   L. imprimo, press in. Lower glume of sessile spikelet deeply concave …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

• leprodes —   Gk lepros, rough; odes, indicating resemblance. Lower glume of sessile spikelet densely scabrid …   Etymological dictionary of grasses