Culm genticulate at the basal nodes. Blades coriaceous, needle-like at the end, about 6 cm long by 1-1.5 mm wide; ligule about 0.2 mm long, upper margin and backside ciliate. Inflorescence a contracted panicle, about 8 cm long. Spikelets 1-flowered, about 2.5 mm long; glumes chartaceous; the lower about 1.2 mm long, lanceolate, irregularly toothed at the apex, nerveless; the upper lanceolate, 1-nerved, acute; lemma and palea the same texture with the glume; lemma ovate lanceolate, 1-nerved, boat-shaped, about 2 mm long; palea ovate 2-keeled, truncate at the apex. Fruit an utricle, about 1 mm long; embryo more than 1/2 the length of the utricle.
CHANGHUA: Shikang, Guo et al. 44. CHIAYI: Chientungkang, Lin s. n. Aug. 7, 1970. YUNLIN: Mailiao, Suzuki 6552; Taihsi, Hsu 437. TAINAN: Anping, Hsu s. n. June 24, 1968. TAITUNG: Botel, Tobako, Liu et al 199; Green Island, Sasaki s. n. July 1935. PENGHU: Huang & Kao 6874.
Distributed in tropical Asia, Africa and America.
This is a common coastal grass growing along seashores in delta regions.
midrib 中肋: (no)not conspicuous
leaf surface 表面: (dee)upper surface with deep notch between the veins
sclerenchyma 厚壁組織: (boscl)(bostr)on both sides of veins as strand or girder
chlorenchyma 葉綠組織: (radia)cells radiate and lesser than bundle sheath cell in width
bundle sheath 維管束鞘: (dko)two bundle sheaths the outer one with conspicuous chloroplast
buliform cells well developed 泡狀細胞發達: mainly appear in adaxial side
no small vein under buliform cells泡狀細胞下無小脈: (bcxst)bulliform cells with colorless cells form a X shape
chlorenchyma cell number between two adjacent veins: 2
chloroplast form in bundle sheath 束鞘細胞內之葉綠體型式: (inn)large amount and in centripetal site
mestome sheath 內束鞘細胞: (Xyms+)metaxylem pole adjacent with mestome sheath
distance between two adjancent vein 脈間距: 125 micrometer
length/weidth ratio of bundle sheath in LS 束鞘細胞縱面長寬比: 1
chlorenchyma cell shape in LS 葉綠細胞縱面形狀: lobed
