Vasilis Teodoridis:
Poaceae | Oplismenus
2. Oplismenus compositus (Linnaeus) P. Beauvois; Ess. Agrostogr. 54. 1812.
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Perennial. Culms stoloniferous; straggling; ascending to 20–80 cm. Leaf sheaths glabrous; pilose or tuberculate-hairy; leaf blades lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate; 3–20 x 0.5–3 cm; subglabrous to tuberculate-hairy; base usually oblique. Inflorescence axis 5–15 cm; glabrous to tuberculate-hairy; racemes 3–6; 2–6 cm; ascending to erect. Spikelets in 7–14 widely spaced; sometimes patent pairs; lanceolate; glabrous to thinly pilose; glumes herbaceous; awned; the awns stout; green or purple; viscid; lower glume awn 5–10 mm; upper glume awn to 3 mm or occasionally absent; lower lemma subcoriaceous; 7–9-veined; acute or with a stout 0.3–1 mm mucro; upper lemma subcoriaceous; ca. 2.5 mm; smooth. Fl. and fr. Sep–Nov. 2n = 54; 72*.
Moist places in forests and along forest margins; hill slopes. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Philippines; Thailand; and elsewhere in tropical Asia extending westward through India to E Africa; Australia; Pacific Islands (Polynesia)].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Liliaceae | Ophiopogon
45. Ophiopogon japonicus (Linnaeus f.) Ker Gawler; Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1063. 1807.
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Convallaria japonica Linnaeus f.; Suppl. Pl. 204. 1782; Anemarrhena cavaleriei H. Léveillé; nom. illeg. (included Ophiopogon stolonifer); C. japonica var. minor Thunberg; Flueggea japonica (Linnaeus f.) Richard; Mondo japonicum (Linnaeus f.) Farwell; M. stolonifer (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Farwell; O. argyi H. Léveillé; O. chekiangensis Koiti Kimura & Migo; O. stolonifer H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Slateria japonica (Linnaeus f.) Desvaux.
Plants stoloniferous. Roots moderately thick; usually with tuberous part near middle or tip. Leaves basal; tufted; sessile; grasslike; generally 10--50 cm x 2--4 mm; 3--7-veined; margin serrulate. Scape 6--15(--27) cm; much shorter than leaves. Inflo-rescence a reduced panicle; 2--5 cm; several to more than 10-flowered; bracts lanceolate; basal one 7--8 mm. Flowers solitary or paired; usually nodding; pedicel 3--4 mm; articulate near middle. Tepals white or purplish; lanceolate; ca. 5 x 2 mm. Filaments very short; anthers 2.5--3 mm. Style somewhat narrowly conical; ca. 4 mm; moderately thick; basally widened. Seeds globose; 7--8 mm in diam. Fl. May--Aug; fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 34*; 36*; 67; 68*; 72*; 108*.
Forests; dense scrub in ravines; moist and shady places on slopes and along streams; cliffs; 200--2800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hebei; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shaanxi; Shandong; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Korea].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Liliaceae | Ophiopogon
45. Ophiopogon japonicus (Linnaeus f.) Ker Gawler; Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1063. 1807.
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Convallaria japonica Linnaeus f.; Suppl. Pl. 204. 1782; Anemarrhena cavaleriei H. Léveillé; nom. illeg. (included Ophiopogon stolonifer); C. japonica var. minor Thunberg; Flueggea japonica (Linnaeus f.) Richard; Mondo japonicum (Linnaeus f.) Farwell; M. stolonifer (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Farwell; O. argyi H. Léveillé; O. chekiangensis Koiti Kimura & Migo; O. stolonifer H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Slateria japonica (Linnaeus f.) Desvaux.
Plants stoloniferous. Roots moderately thick; usually with tuberous part near middle or tip. Leaves basal; tufted; sessile; grasslike; generally 10--50 cm x 2--4 mm; 3--7-veined; margin serrulate. Scape 6--15(--27) cm; much shorter than leaves. Inflo-rescence a reduced panicle; 2--5 cm; several to more than 10-flowered; bracts lanceolate; basal one 7--8 mm. Flowers solitary or paired; usually nodding; pedicel 3--4 mm; articulate near middle. Tepals white or purplish; lanceolate; ca. 5 x 2 mm. Filaments very short; anthers 2.5--3 mm. Style somewhat narrowly conical; ca. 4 mm; moderately thick; basally widened. Seeds globose; 7--8 mm in diam. Fl. May--Aug; fr. Aug--Sep. 2 n = 34*; 36*; 67; 68*; 72*; 108*.
Forests; dense scrub in ravines; moist and shady places on slopes and along streams; cliffs; 200--2800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hebei; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shaanxi; Shandong; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Korea].