Poaceae |
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Aegilops cylindrica HOST |
Aegilops L. |
Ae. cylindrica Host, Gram. Austr. 2:6, t. 7 (1802). Syn: Ae. caudata Link in Linnaea 9:131 (1834) non L. (1753); Triticum cylindricum (Host) Ces. in Ces., Pass.& Gib., Compl. Fl. Ital. 1(4):86 (1869). Ic: Feddes Rep. Beih. 55: t. 6, f. a, b(1929). Map 42.
Tufted annual, flowering stems 20-40(-80) cm. Upper leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 2-5 mm broad, pilose or ciliate. Spike narrowly linear-lanceolate (excl. awns), 5-7(-10) cm;rachis markedly sinuate, bearing 5-7(-9) spikelets. Spike falling entire or ultimately disarticulating into broadly cylindrical spike-lets 2-3 x as long as broad. Vestigial spikelets 1-2. Glumes of lateral spikelets ovate-oblong, 8-9 mm, asymmetrical, veins parallel but of unequal width, with a terminal triangular tooth and a slender awn usually 1-2 xflorets. Uppermost spikelet bearing 3-4 slender ± strict awns arising from glumes and lemmas and usually shorter than spike; outer glume 2-toothed at base of awn; 2 lower lemmas bearing 2 small teeth at base of awn. 2n = 28. Fl. 5-6(-7). Stony and sandy slopes, vineyards, fallow fields, rarely irrigated steppe, 400-1850 m. Syntypes: [Romania] in apricis, ad vias, vinearum & agrorum margines agri pesthinensis, budensis; in praedio szilidensi versus Coloscam; infra Szarvas in Comitatu bekesiensi; & in Banatu inter vineas versetzenses, Waldstein & Kit-aibel (all PR). Inner Anatolia. A5 Amasya: mt. Logman, 400-500 m, Bornm. 1890:2562 (as Ae. caudata L.var. polyathera Boiss.)! A9Kars: Başköy, Harlan (2n = 28)! B3 Eskişehir: Pursak (Porsuk çay) nr Sagora( Sakarya river?), O. Schwarz 1303! B4 Ankara: 32 km from Ankara to Polatli, 900 m, Coode & Jones 2229! B6 Malatya: Hekimhan, 1300 m, Stn. & Hend. 5401! B8 Muş: Megraget river (Kara Su) nr Marnik (E. of Nok), 9 vi 1915, Schischkin. B9 Van: Kurubaş, 6 km S.E. of Van, 1850 m, D. 44606! C3 Isparta: Eğridir, nr Eğridir G., Doğan 78! C4 Konya: Konya to Karapinar, 1 km E. of Yarma, 1000m, Holtz 00.591 et al.! C9 Hakkari: Zab gorge 2-3 km below Hakkari, 1400 m, D. 45452! S.E. & C. Europe, Crimea, S.W. & C. Asia. Ir.-Tur. element. |