Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Sacciolepis Nash
CUPSCALE

Classification

POALES
Sacciolepis

Citation

SACCIOLEPIS Nash, in Britton, Man. Fl. N. States 89. 1901.
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TYPE: Sacciolepis gibba (Elliott) Nash (Panicum gibbum Elliott)

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Sacciolepis indica INDIAN CUPSCALE Not Native FAC (NWPL) FAC (DEP)
Sacciolepis striata AMERICAN CUPSCALE Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)

[Family identification key]

1.  Annual; leaf blades 1.5-5.5 mm wide; inflorescence 0.5-9(13) cm long, the primary branches fused to the rachis for most of its length, the proximal ones 0.1-0.5 cm long; spikelets 2.1-3.3 mm long; upper glumes 9-veined; paleas of the lower floret 0.5-1 mm long, <1/2 as long as the lower lemma
1.  Perennial; leaf blades 3-22 mm wide; inflorescence 3-30 cm long, the primary branches free, proximaly ones 0.4-11.5 cm long; spikelets 2.9-5 mm long; upper glumes 11-veined; paleas of the lower floret 2-4 mm long, subequal to the lower lemma

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.