Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1991

Publication Title

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences

Volume

18

First Page

151

Last Page

155

Abstract

The morphology of Leptochloa fascicularis (Lam.) Gray (Poaceae) was studied in 25 locations in eastern and central Nebraska to determine if this grass was separable into two distinct taxa as suggested in several recent sources. Field collections were supplemented with herbarium specimens from other parts of the Central Great Plains. Glume and lemma lengths, the characters used in published keys, provided no separations useful in dividing the material into two species or varieties. However, individual local populations exhibited significant differences from each other in these characters. Such local differences appear to be reasonable given the high degree of inbreeding that appears to be prevalent at most locations.

Comments

Published in the Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, XVIII: 151-155, 1991. Copyright © 1991, Todd A. Templeton.

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