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Lolium perenne

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Name

Identification
Lolium perenne L. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Lolium pauciflorum Nutt. [family POACEAE ]
Related name
  • Lolium trabutii
  • Lolium tenue
  • Lolium sp.
  • Lolium brasilianum
  • Lolium maritimum
  • Festuca perennis
  • Lolium perenne
  • Lolium temulentum
  • Lolium pauciflorum
  • Triticum sp.

Flora

Entry for Lolium perenne L. [family GRAMINEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 10, Part 1, (1971) Author: E. Launert
Names
Lolium perenne L. [family GRAMINEAE], Sp. Pl. 1: 83 (1753). — Hack. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2, 2: 77 (1887). — Dur. & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 933 (1894). — Monro in Proc. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 6, 1: 45 (1906). — Chippindall in Meredith, Grasses & Pastures of S. Afr.: 59 (1955). — Bor, Grass. B.C.I. & P.: 545 (1960). TAB. 11, fig. D. Type from Europe.
Lolium brasilianum Nees [family GRAMINEAE], Agrost. Bras.: 43 (1829). Type from Brazil.
Information
A caespitose perennial. Similar in habit to the preceding species. Leaf-laminae 3-20 cm. x 0·2-0·6 mm. Spikes 4-30 cm. long, stiff, slender to somewhat stout. Spikelets 7-20 mm. long, 4-14-flowered, elliptic to obovate-elliptic in lateral view. Superior glume shorter than the rest of the spikelet, 5-7-nerved, narrowly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, with the apex usually obtuse, smooth. Lemmas 5-7 mm. long, 5-nerved, muticous, imbricate, ovate-oblong or oblong, apex acute to sub-obtuse. Paleas with the keels scaberulous. Anthers 3-4 mm. long. Caryopsis c. 4·5 mm. long.
Habitat
Growing as a weed in waste places, in arable land, roadsides, on sandy soil and on the edges of irrigated fields
Range
throughout Europe, North Africa and the temperate areas of Asia; introduced into other temperate and subtropical parts of the globe
Distribution
Zimbabwe E Inyanga, London Farm, 1800 m., 7.x.1961, Chase 7676 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Salisbury, 4·8 km. above Makabusi-Hunyani confluence on Makabusi R., 1400 m., 1.ix.1959, Phipps 2182 (BM; K; SRGH).
Notes
Note: This species, “Perennial Rye-grass”, is a widely cultivated pasture plant in Europe. It hybridizes with the preceding species. Whereas L. perenne grows as a perennial under normal conditions in Europe it may occasionally flower in the first year in Africa.

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