| # The grass genera of the world |

L. Watson, T.D. Macfarlane, and M.J. Dallwitz

### Sinochasea Keng

~ Pseudodanthonia

Habit, vegetative morphology. Perennial; caespitose. Culms herbaceous. Leaves non-auriculate. Leaf blades narrow; setaceous; without cross venation. Ligule an unfringed membrane; truncate; 0.5–1 mm long.

Reproductive organization. Plants bisexual, all with bisexual spikelets; with hermaphrodite florets.

Inflorescence. Inflorescence paniculate; contracted; espatheate; not comprising ‘partial inflorescences’ and foliar organs. Spikelet-bearing axes persistent. Spikelets not secund; pedicellate.

Female-fertile spikelets. Spikelets 10–12 mm long; compressed laterally to not noticeably compressed; disarticulating above the glumes. Rachilla prolonged beyond the uppermost female-fertile floret; the rachilla extension naked. Hairy callus present.

Glumes two; more or less equal; long relative to the adjacent lemmas (exceeding them); pointed (acute); awnless; carinate; similar. Lower glume 5(–6) nerved. Upper glume (4–)5 nerved. Spikelets with female-fertile florets only.

Female-fertile florets 1. Lemmas similar in texture to the glumes (firm); not becoming indurated; incised (deeply notched); awned. Awns 1; median; from a sinus; geniculate; entered by one vein. Lemmas hairy; non-carinate; without a germination flap; 5 nerved. Palea present; relatively long; 2-nerved. Lodicules present; 2; free; membranous; glabrous; not toothed; not or scarcely vascularized. Stamens 3. Ovary apically glabrous. Styles free to their bases. Stigmas 3.

Classification. Watson & Dallwitz (1994): Pooideae; Poodae; Aveneae. Soreng et al. (2015): Pooideae; Phaenospermateae. 1 species (S. trigyna).

Distribution, phytogeography, ecology. China.

Special comments. Fruit data wanting. Anatomical data wanting.

Illustrations. • Sinochasea trigyna: Guo, Benzhao (1987), quing hai jing zhi wu zhi.

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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., Macfarlane, T.D., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version: 15th June 2025. delta-intkey.com’.

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