VIVIPARY AND PSEUDOVIVIPARY IN THE POACEAE, INCLUDING THE FIRST RECORD OF PSEUDOVIVIPARY IN DIGITARIA (PANICOIDEAE: PANICEAE).

VEGA, A. S.; Z. E. RÚGOLO DE AGRASAR

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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Lugar: Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Año: 2006 vol. 72 p. 559 - 564

0254-6299

This paper reviews and adds information about the phenomena of vivipary and pseudovivipary in the Poaceae, which are reported from 21 genera belonging to subfamilies Pooideae, Panicoideae and Chloridoideae. Digitaria angolensis constitutes the first record of pseudovivipary in the genus Digitaria. This species is illustrated for the first time and the proliferation phenomenon in the spikelets is described and documented. Keywords: Digitaria angolensis, Paniceae, Poaceae, pseudovivipary, vivipary.