蘆葦屬

Phragmites communis leaf cs section Credit: cs kuoh

Tall rhizomatous perennial reed; leaves cauline, the blades deciduous; ligule a very short membrane with long ciliate margin. Panicle large, plumose. Spikelets with lowest floret male or empty; glumes shorter than lowest lemma, 3-5-nerved; floret callus linear, plumose; lemmas hyaline, 1-3-nerved, glabrous, long caudate, entire; palea 2/3 length of lemma.

Cosmopolitan.

Species 3-4. Marshes and riversides. Used for mats and thatching.

Lower Taxa

• Phragmites communis (L.) Trin.
• Phragmites vallatoria (Pluk. ex L.) J.F. Veldkamp

Related Synonym(s):

• Arundo karka Retz. = Phragmites vallatoria (Pluk. ex L.) J.F. Veldkamp
• Arundo phragmites L. = Phragmites communis (L.) Trin.
• Arundo vallatoria Pluk. ex L. = Phragmites vallatoria (Pluk. ex L.) J.F. Veldkamp
• Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trinex Steud. = Phragmites vallatoria (Pluk. ex L.) J.F. Veldkamp