Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Erianthus trinii Hack.' in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 : 135. 1889
Saccharum giganteum Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 2: 311. 1832. Not 5. giganleum Pers.
1805. Spodiopogon foliaius Fourn. Mex. Pi. Gram. 52. 1881.
Spodiopogon foliatus erubescens Fourn. Mex. PI. Gram. 53. 1881.
Spodiopogon vaginatus Fourn. Mex. PL Gram. 53. 1881.
Erianthus saccharoides Trinii Hack., in Mart, Fl, Bras. 2 3 : 258. 1883.
Stems up to 5 m. tall ; leaf-sheaths glabrous or pubescent ; blades glabrous or pubescent, 1 m. long or more, up to 2.5 cm. wide, long-acuminate; panicle up to 5 dm. long, oblong, the axis appressed-hirsute, the branches erect or nearly so ; spikelets 5-6 mm-, long, 93
lanceolate, attenuate, the outer 2 scales long-hairy, more than one half the length of the basal hairs, the inner scales colored or uncolored, the fourth scale entire, or sometimes minutely 2-toothed, bearing a straight or somewhat flexuous awn 10-12 mm. long, the base not spiral, the enclosed flower cleistogamous.
Type locality : Brazil.
Distribution: Mexico ; also in South America.
- bibliographic citation
- Percy Wilson, Per Axel Rydberg, Norman Taylor, Nathaniel Lord Britton, John Kunkel Small, George Valentine Nash. 1909. PANDANALES-POALES; TYPHACEAE, SPARGANACEAE, ELODEACEAE, HYDROCHARITACEAE, ZANNICHELLIACEAE, ZOSTERACEAE, CYMODOCEACEAE, NAIADACEAE, LILAEACEAE, SCHEUCHZERIACEAE, ALISMACEAE, BUTOMACEAE, POACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 17(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
