Polypogon monspeliensis

Annual Rabbit's-foot Grass

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Species group: Plants

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Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Monocotyledoneae

Order:

Cyperales

Family:

Poaceae

Genus:

Polypogon

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Distribution
Morphology
Diagnostic Description
Habitat
Cyclicity
Molecular Biology
Conservation Status
Management

Morphology

Description

Annual, tufted. Culms erect or geniculate, up to 60 cm tall. Leaf blades narrowly to broadly linear, 2–13 cm, 2–9 mm wide, adaxial surface and margins scabrid, abaxial surface smooth, apex acute; ligule 2–8 mm. Panicle narrowly oblong in outline, dense, spikelike, sometimes slightly lobed, 1–10 cm, pale green, thickly clothed in yellow bristles. Spikelets narrowly oblong, 1.5–2.5 mm; glumes narrowly obovate-oblong, puberulous, vein scabrid-aculeate, margins ciliate, apex emarginate, apex of lobes slightly acute, awned from sinus; awn 2.5–4 times as long as glume body; lemma obovate, 1–1.2 mm, apex slightly 4-toothed, midvein extended into a fine, straight, readily deciduous, 1.5–2 mm awn; palea as long as lemma. Stamens 3, anthers ca. 0.8 mm. Caryopsis obovate-oblong, ca. 1 mm. Fl. and fr. May–Oct.

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Physical Description

Annuals, Aquatic, leaves emergent, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems geniculate, decumbent, or lax, sometimes rooting at nodes, Stems solitary, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly cauline, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leave s sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open, or loose, Leaf sheath smooth, glabrous, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaf sheath enlarged, inflated or distended, Leaf blades linear, Leaf blades 2-10 mm wide, Leaf blades mostly flat, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Leaf blades scabrous, roughened, or wrinkled, Ligule present, Ligule an unfringed eciliate membrane, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence a dense slender spike-like panicle or raceme, branches contracted, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence spike ovoid, lanceolate, or oblong, not more than twice as long as wide, Inflorescence single raceme, fascicle or spike, Inflorescence branches more than 10 to numerous, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets laterally compressed, Spikelet less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 1 fertile floret, Spikelets solitary at rachis nodes, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets bisexual, Spikelet s disarticulating below the glumes, Spikelets falling with parts of disarticulating rachis or pedicel, Rachilla or pedicel glabrous, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 2 clearly present, Glumes equal or subequal, Glumes equal to or longer than adjacent lemma, Glume equal to or longer than spikelet, Glumes awned, awn 1-5 mm or longer, Glumes keeled or winged, Glumes 1 nerved, Lemmas thin, chartaceous, hyaline, cartilaginous, or membranous, Lemma 5-7 nerved, Lemma glabrous, Lemma apex acute or acuminate, Lemma apex dentate, 3-5 fid, Lemma mucronate, very shortly beaked or awned, less than 1-2 mm, Lemma distinctly awned, more than 2-3 mm, Lemma with 1 awn, Lemma awn less than 1 cm long, Lemma awn from sinus of bifid apex, Lemma awns straight or curved to base, Lemma margins thin, lying flat, Lemma straight, Palea present, well developed, Palea membranous, hyaline, Palea about equal to lemma, Palea 2 nerved or 2 keeled, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fr uit - caryopsis.

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Description

Annual; culms 6-80 cm high, erect or geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 5-20 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, rough; ligule 3-15 mm long. Panicle narrowly ovate to narrowly oblong, cylindrical or lobed, 1.5-16 cm long, 1-3.5 cm wide, very dense and bristly, pale green or yellowish. Spikelets 2-3 mm long; glumes slightly notched at the apex, rough with minute points especially in the lower part, minutely hairy on the margins, with a fine straight awn 4-7 mm long; lemma about half the length of the glumes, smooth, awnless or with an awn up to 2 mm long.

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Description

Annuals; culms erect to obliquly ascending from geniculate base, 2-3-noded; 35 cm long, 1.5 mm in diameter. Blades linear-lanceolate, 4-8 cm long, 4 mm wide; ligule tongue-shaped, 4.5 mm long, chartaceous. Panicle contracted, oblong. Spikelets 1-flowered, 2 mm long; glumes nearly equal, chartaceous, 1-nerved, as long as the spikelet, oblongawned, hispid on back, margins ciliate, awn from the sinus; Lemma chartaceous, obovate, 1 mm long, apex 4-toothed, 5-nerved, awned; palea membranous, as long as the lemma, oblong, 2-keeled, minutely 2-toothed; anther 0.5 mm long. Caryopsis elliptical, 1 mm long.

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Elevation Range

400-1200 m

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Elevation Range

3600-3700 m

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Distribution

Distribution in Egypt

Nile region, Oases, Mediterranean region, Egyptian desert, Res Sea coastal strip and Sinai (St.Katherine).

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina

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Global Distribution

Europe, Mediterranean region, eastwards through much of temperate Asia.

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Polypogon nepalensis Nees ex Trin.:
Nepal (Asia)

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Polypogon monspeliensis fo. nana Stuck.:
Argentina (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Polypogon monspeliensis fo. argentinus Hack.:
Argentina (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Calamagrostis triplifera Hook. f.:
India (Asia)

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Polypogon monspeliensis var. indicus Bhattacharya & S.K. Jain:
India (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Polypogon flavescens J. Presl:
Peru (South America)

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf.:
Argentina (South America)
Australia (Oceania)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Canada (North America)
Chile (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
Ethiopia (Africa & Madagascar)
France (Europe)
Gabon (Africa & Madagascar)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
India (Asia)
Kyrgyzstan (Asia)
Kazakhstan (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Mongolia (Asia)
New Zealand (Oceania)
Peru (South America)
Pakistan (Asia)
Paraguay (South America)
Russian Federation (Asia)
Sri Lanka (Asia)
Tajikistan (Asia)
Turkmenistan (Asia)
Uruguay (South America)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
China (Asia)
Uzbekistan (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Agrostis triaristata (Hook. f.) Bor:
India (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–xviii, 1–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford.

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Agrostis triaristata Knapp:
France (Europe)

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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Agrostis alopecuroides Link ex Kunth:
Portugal (Europe)

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Agrostis alopecuroides Lam.:
France (Europe)

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Distribution

Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; N and S Africa, SW Asia (Caucasus), Europe].

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Distribution

Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Punjab, N.W.F.P., Gilgit & Kashmir); northeast tropical and South Africa; Mediterranean region northwards to the British Isles and eastwards to India and China; introduced and naturalised in most warm temperate countries.

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Distribution

Distributed in temperate and warm regions of Eurasia and northern Africa.

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Distribution

Europe, temperate Africa & Asia, N.W. Himalaya, Nepal, Madras, Ceylon.

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Distribution

E. Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim).

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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

Alopecurus monspeliensis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 61. 1753.

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Habitat

Habitat

Moist places, streamsides; below 3000 m.

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Depth range based on 4 specimens in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1

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Cyclicity

Flower/Fruit

Fl. & Fr. Per.: throughout much of the year, but mostly between March and July.

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Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Polypogon monspeliensis

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 8
Specimens with Barcodes: 20
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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Management

These species are introduced in Switzerland.

References:

Aeschimann, D. & C. Heitz. 2005. Synonymie-Index der Schweizer Flora und der angrenzenden Gebiete (SISF). 2te Auflage. Documenta Floristicae Helvetiae N° 2. Genève.

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Info Flora (CRSF/ZDSF) & Autoren 2005

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Classification

Other Global Common Names:

annual rabbitsfoot grass

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Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Polypogon

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1994-03-22

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