Chloris

Contains 6 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Chloris Sw.
POACEAE
FINGERGRASS
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Classification
POALES
Chloris
Citation
CHLORIS Swartz, Prodr. 1, 25. 1788.
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TYPE: Chloris cruciata (Linnaeus) Swartz (Agrostis cruciata Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 225. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Chloris barbata SWOLLEN FINGERGRASS Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Chloris cucullata HOODED WINDMILLGRASS Not Native
Chloris elata TALL WINDMILLGRASS; MANYSPIKED FINGERGRASS Native
Chloris gayana RHODESGRASS Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Chloris radiata RADIATE FINGERGRASS Not Native UPL (NWPL)
Chloris virgata FEATHER FINGERGRASS Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Lower glume 0.5-0.7 mm long; upper glume 1-1.5 mm long; proximalmost lemma awn 0.3-1.5 mm long
C. cucullata
1.  Lower glume 0.7-2.8 mm long; upper glume 1.9-4.3 mm long; proximalmost lemma awn 1.4-15 mm long
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2.  Second floret 1.4-3.2 mm long
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2.  Second floret 0.4-1.6 mm long
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3.  Spikelets with 1 fertile floret and (1)2-4 staminate or sterile florets; third floret longer than subtending rachilla segment
C. gayana
3.  Spikelets with 1 fertile floret and 1(3) sterile florets; third floret absent or shorter than subtending rachilla segment
C. virgata
4.  Spikelets with 1 fertile floret and 1 sterile floret; proximalmost lemma awn 6-13 mm long; second floret 0.4-0.7 mm long
C. radiata
4.  Spikelets with 1 fertile floret and (1)2(3) sterile florets; proximalmost lemma awn 1.4-7.7 mm long; second floret 0.9-1.6 mm long
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5.  Inflorescence branches 3-8 cm long, generally straight; proximalmost lemma awn 4-7.7 mm long and hairs to 1 mm long
C. barbata
5.  Inflorescence branches (5)8-20 cm long, lax and curvaceous; proximalmost lemma awn 1.4-4.8 mm long and hairs 1-3 mm long
C. elata
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Agrostomia Agrostomia Cervantes, Naturaleza (Mexico City) 1: 345. 1870. TYPE: Agrostomia mutica Cervantes Lectotypified by Swallen, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 17: 589. 1939.
Chlorostis Chlorostis Rafinesque, Princ. Fond. Somiol. 26, 29. 1814. TYPE: = Chloris Swartz 1788.
Pterochloris Pterochloris (A. Camus) A. Camus, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris), ser. 2. 29: 349. 1957. BASIONYM: Chloris Swartz, subg. Pterochloris A. Camus, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 97: 228. 1950. TYPE: Pterochloris humbertiana (A. Camus) A. Camus (Chloris humbertiana A. Camus)