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Trikeraia Bor in Kew Bull. 9:555. 1955. Sultan & Stewart, Grasses W. Pak. 2:346. 1959; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 647. 1960; Bor in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 70:414. 1970.
Lemma oblong-elliptic, hyaline, dorsally compressed, hairy, deeply bifid at the tip, the lateral nerves produced as two stout scabrid bristles; callus conical, acute, bearded; awn arising from the back of the lemma, persistent, geniculate, twisted below the knee.
A monotypic genus in the Himalayas.
Trikeraia is a distinctive genus differing from both Piptatherum and Stipa in having a deeply bifid lemma with awned teeth which does not become indurated at maturity, and an awn produced from the back of the lemma instead of at the tip.
Lower Taxon
Related Synonym(s):
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