Vasilis Teodoridis:
Poaceae | Lophatherum
1. Lophatherum gracile Brongniart in Duperrey; Voy. Monde. 2: 50. 1831.
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Acroelytrum japonicum Steudel; Lophatherum annulatum Franchet & Savatier; L. elatum Zollinger & Moritzi; L. gracile var. elatum (Zollinger & Moritzi) Hackel; L. gracile var. pilo-sulum (Steudel) Hackel; L. humile Miquel; L. japonicum (Steudel) Steudel; L. lehmannii Nees ex Steudel; L. multiflorum Steudel; L. pilosulum Steudel; L. zeylanicum J. D. Hooker.
Culms tufted from a knotty rootstock; slender; stiffly erect; 60–150 cm tall. Leaf sheaths glabrous or pilose; leaf blades lanceolate; 5–30 x 2–5 cm; glabrous or with long hairs on both surfaces; base rounded to a 8–12 mm pseudopetiole; ligule brown; hispid on backside. Inflorescence 10–25 cm; racemes few; 5–10 cm; loosely spiculate; erect at first with appressed spikelets; later obliquely spreading and spikelets patent; pedicels short; thick. Spikelets narrowly lanceolate; subterete; 7–12 mm; base glabrous or hairy; glumes ovate; rounded on back; subleathery with membranous margins; lower glume 3–4.5 mm; 5-veined; glabrous or stiffly hairy near margins and apex; upper glume ca. 5 mm; 5–7-veined; glabrous; lemma of fertile floret oblong with straight back; not keeled; 6–7 mm; palea lanceolate; hyaline; awn of fertile and sterile lemmas 1.5–2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep. 2n = 48*.
Shady slopes; roadsides and in moist forests. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Japan; S Korea; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Philippines;
Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; Australia (Queensland); Pacific Islands (Polynesia)].
This species is used for medicinal purposes. The leaves are reminiscent of those of b
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Poaceae | Lophatherum
1. Lophatherum gracile Brongniart in Duperrey; Voy. Monde. 2: 50. 1831.
??? dan zhu ye
Acroelytrum japonicum Steudel; Lophatherum annulatum Franchet & Savatier; L. elatum Zollinger & Moritzi; L. gracile var. elatum (Zollinger & Moritzi) Hackel; L. gracile var. pilo-sulum (Steudel) Hackel; L. humile Miquel; L. japonicum (Steudel) Steudel; L. lehmannii Nees ex Steudel; L. multiflorum Steudel; L. pilosulum Steudel; L. zeylanicum J. D. Hooker.
Culms tufted from a knotty rootstock; slender; stiffly erect; 60–150 cm tall. Leaf sheaths glabrous or pilose; leaf blades lanceolate; 5–30 x 2–5 cm; glabrous or with long hairs on both surfaces; base rounded to a 8–12 mm pseudopetiole; ligule brown; hispid on backside. Inflorescence 10–25 cm; racemes few; 5–10 cm; loosely spiculate; erect at first with appressed spikelets; later obliquely spreading and spikelets patent; pedicels short; thick. Spikelets narrowly lanceolate; subterete; 7–12 mm; base glabrous or hairy; glumes ovate; rounded on back; subleathery with membranous margins; lower glume 3–4.5 mm; 5-veined; glabrous or stiffly hairy near margins and apex; upper glume ca. 5 mm; 5–7-veined; glabrous; lemma of fertile floret oblong with straight back; not keeled; 6–7 mm; palea lanceolate; hyaline; awn of fertile and sterile lemmas 1.5–2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep. 2n = 48*.
Shady slopes; roadsides and in moist forests. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Japan; S Korea; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Philippines;
Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; Australia (Queensland); Pacific Islands (Polynesia)].
This species is used for medicinal purposes. The leaves are reminiscent of those of b