*SHOW ~ Grass Genera - character list. *CHARACTER LIST #1. including / #2. / 1. annual / 2. perennial / #3. culms / cm high/ #4. culms / 1. woody and persistent/ 2. herbaceous / #5. culms / 1. branched above/ 2. unbranched above/ #6. culm nodes / 1. hairy/ 2. glabrous/ #7. leaf blades / 1. linear/ 2. linear-lanceolate/ 3. lanceolate/ 4. ovate-lanceolate/ 5. ovate/ 6. elliptic / 7. obovate/ #8. leaf blades / mm wide/ #9. leaf blades / 1. pseudopetiolate/ 2. not pseudopetiolate <>/ #10. ligule / 1. present <>/ 2. absent / #11. ligule / 1. an unfringed membrane / 2. a fringed membrane/ 3. a fringe of hairs/ 4. a rim of minute papillae/ #12. plants / 1. monoecious with all the fertile spikelets unisexual/ 2. bisexual, with bisexual spikelets/ 3. dioecious / #13. inflorescence / 1. a single spike/ 2. of spicate main branches / 3. a false spike, with spikelets on contracted axes/ 4. a single raceme / 5. paniculate / #14. inflorescence / 1. open/ 2. contracted / #15. inflorescence / 1. a complex of ‘partial inflorescences’ and intervening foliar organs / 2. not comprising ‘partial inflorescences’ and foliar organs/ #16. spikelet-bearing axes / 1. disarticulating / 2. persistent / #17. spikelet-bearing axes / 1. falling entire/ 2. disarticulating at the joints/ #18. spikelets / 1. solitary/ 2. paired/ 3. in triplets/ #19. spikelets / 1. secund/ 2. not secund/ #20. spikelets / 1. consistently in ‘long-and-short’ combinations / 2. not in distinct ‘long-and-short’ combinations <>/ #21. spikelets / 1. in pedicellate/sessile combinations/ 2. unequally pedicellate in each combination/ #22. pedicels of the ‘pedicellate’ spikelets / 1. discernible, but fused with the rachis/ 2. free of the rachis/ #23. the ‘shorter’ spikelets / 1. hermaphrodite/ 2. female-only/ 3. male-only/ 4. sterile/ #24. the ‘longer’ spikelets / 1. hermaphrodite/ 2. female-only/ 3. male-only/ 4. sterile / #25. / #26. spikelets / mm long/ #27. spikelets / 1. compressed laterally / 2. not noticeably compressed / 3. compressed dorsiventrally / #28. spikelets / 1. disarticulating above the glumes / 2. disarticulating between the glumes/ 3. falling with the glumes / 4. not disarticulating / #29. spikelets / 1. not disarticulating between the florets/ 2. disarticulating between the florets/ #30. rachilla / 1. prolonged beyond the uppermost female-fertile floret / 2. terminated by a female-fertile floret / #31. hairy callus / 1. present/ 2. absent/ #32. glumes / 1. present <>/ 2. absent/ #33. glumes / 1. one per spikelet/ 2. two/ 3. several/ #34. glumes / 1. very unequal / 2. more or less equal / #35. glumes / 1. shorter than the adjacent lemmas / 2. long relative to the adjacent lemmas / #36. glumes / 1. awned/ 2. awnless/ #37. glumes / 1. carinate / 2. non-carinate / #38. upper glume <(or the single glume) of female-fertile spikelets, mid-zone nerve number>/ nerved/ #39. spikelets / 1. with female-fertile florets only/ 2. with incomplete florets / #40. the incomplete florets / 1. proximal to the female-fertile florets/ 2. distal to the female-fertile florets/ 3. both distal and proximal to the female-fertile florets/ #41. the proximal incomplete florets / #42. the proximal incomplete florets / 1. male/ 2. sterile/ #43. the proximal lemmas / 1. awned/ 2. awnless/ #44. female-fertile florets / #45. lemmas / 1. entire/ 2. incised/ #46. lemmas / 1. pointed/ 2. blunt/ #47. lemmas / 1. awnless / 2. mucronate / 3. awned/ #48. awns / #49. awns / 1. from a sinus/ 2. dorsal/ 3. apical/ #50. awns / 1. non-geniculate / 2. geniculate / #51. awns / 1. much shorter than the body of the lemma/ 2. about as long as the body of the lemma/ 3. much longer than the body of the lemma/ #52. lemmas / 1. carinate / 2. non-carinate / #53. lemmas / 1. with a clear germination flap / 2. without a germination flap/ #54. lemmas / nerved/ #55. palea / 1. present/ 2. absent/ #56. palea / 1. relatively long / 2. conspicuous but relatively short / 3. very reduced / #57. lodicules / 1. present/ 2. absent/ #58. lodicules / 1. fleshy <‘cuneate’; panicoid type>/ 2. membranous / #59. lodicules / 1. ciliate / 2. glabrous/ #60. stamens / #61. ovary / 1. glabrous/ 2. hairy/ #62. stigmas / #63. stigmas / 1. white/ 2. red pigmented/ 3. brown/ #64. fruit / 1. small / 2. medium sized <4–10 mm>/ 3. large / #65. fruit / 1. sculptured/ 2. smooth / #66. hilum
/ 1. short / 2. long-linear / #67. pericarp / 1. free/ 2. loosely adherent / 3. fused / #68. / 1. C\sub{}4\nosupersub{}/ 2. C\sub{}3\nosupersub{}/ #69. biochemical type / 1. PCK/ 2. NAD–ME/ 3. NADP–ME/ #70. / 1. XyMS+ / 2. XyMS– / #71. mesophyll / 1. with arm cells/ 2. without arm cells / #72. mesophyll / 1. with fusoids/ 2. without fusoids / #73. midrib / 1. conspicuous / 2. not readily distinguishable / #74. midrib / 1. with one bundle only/ 2. having a conventional arc of bundles / 3. having complex vascularization / #75. midrib / 1. with colourless tissue adaxially/ 2. without colourless tissue adaxially / #76. / 1. many of the smallest vascular bundles unaccompanied by sclerenchyma/ 2. all the vascular bundles accompanied by sclerenchyma/ #77. <\i{}Zea mays\i0{}>/ 1. fruiting inflorescence a massive, spatheate cob, the fruits in many rows/ 2. fruiting inflorescence not as in maize <>/ #78. / 1. Pooideae/ 2. Bambusoideae/ 3. Arundinoideae/ 4. Chloridoideae/ 5. Panicoideae/ #79. / 1. Triticodae/ 2. Poodae/ 3. Oryzodae/ 4. Bambusodae/ 5. Panicodae/ 6. Andropogonodae/ #80. / 1. Triticeae/ 2. Brachypodieae/ 3. Bromeae/ 4. Aveneae / 5. Meliceae/ 6. Seslerieae/ 7. Poeae / #81. / 1. Oryzeae/ 2. Olyreae/ 3. Centotheceae/ 4. Anomochloeae/ 5. Brachyelytreae/ 6. Diarrheneae/ 7. Ehrharteae/ 8. Phaenospermateae/ 9. Phyllorhachideae/ 10. Phareae/ 11. Streptochaeteae/ 12. Streptogyneae/ 13. Guaduelleae/ 14. Puelieae/ 15. Bambuseae/ #82. / 1. Steyermarkochloeae/ 2. Stipeae/ 3. Nardeae/ 4. Lygeae/ 5. Arundineae/ 6. Danthonieae / 7. Cyperochloeae/ 8. Micraireae/ 9. Spartochloeae/ 10. Aristideae/ 11. Eriachneae/ 12. Amphipogoneae/ #83. / 1. Pappophoreae/ 2. Orcuttieae/ 3. Triodieae/ 4. main chloridoid assemblage / #84. / 1. Isachneae/ 2. Paniceae/ 3. Neurachneae/ 4. Arundinelleae/ 5. Andropogoneae/ 6. Maydeae/ #85. / species/ #86. / 1. Holarctic/ 2. Paleotropical/ 3. Neotropical/ 4. Cape/ 5. Australian/ 6. Antarctic/ #87. / #88. / #89. /