Phleum paniculatum

Phleum paniculatum Huds. (syn.: P. asperum Jacq.) (Medit.) – A very rare and ephemeral alien. Formerly recorded in Antwerpen (1905, 1935) and as a grain alien in Virton (1909). More recent records are always associated with grain importation: seen in the port of Roeselare in 1994 (Verloove & Vandenberghe 1995) and in the ports of Antwerpen and Gent in 2009. Probably most recently seen at the Kanaaldok in the port of Antwerpen in 2012 and in the port of Ghent in 2014.

The Belgian collections belong to var. paniculatum with glumes that are glabrous along keel.

In parts of Germany (for instance in Göttingen) Phleum paniculatum is a well-established weed of arable land, vineyards, etc. (Dickoré & al. 2008; see also Jäger & Werner 2005).

Phleum paniculatum, Antwerpen, port area (E-side of Kanaaldok), rough ground at the Cargill grain mill, June 2012, R. Barendse Phleum paniculatum, Antwerpen, port area (E-side of Kanaaldok), rough ground at the Cargill grain mill, June 2012, R. Barendse
Phleum paniculatum, Antwerpen, port area (E-side of Kanaaldok), rough ground at the Cargill grain mill, June 2012, R. Barendse Phleum paniculatum, Antwerpen, port area (E-side of Kanaaldok), rough ground at the Cargill grain mill, June 2012, R. Barendse

Phleum paniculatum, spikelet
 

 


Selected literature:

Dickoré W.B., Lewejohann K. & Urner R. (2008) Neufunde, Bestätigungen und Verluste in der Flora von Göttingen (Süd-Niedersachsen). Florist. Rundbriefe 42: 5-59.

Höchtl F. & Eisele W. (2002) Wiederfund des Rispen-Lieschgras (Phleum paniculatum Hudson) in Baden-Württemberg (unteres Jagsttal). Floristische Rundbriefe 35: 27-32.

Jäger E.J. & Werner K. (eds.) (2005) Rothmaler Band 4. Exkursionsflora von Deutschland. Gefässpflanzen: Kritischer Band. Springer Verlag, Berlin: 880 p.

Tillich H.J. (1985) Phleum paniculatum Huds.: Wiederfund einer verschollenen Art. Mitt. Flor. Kart. Halle. 11(1-2): 24-25.

Türk W. (1990) Phleum paniculatum Hudson und Potentilla thuringiaca Bernh. - bemerkenswerte Funde im Oberfränkischen Grabfeld. Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft 61: 325-326.

Verloove F. & Vandenberghe C. (1995) Nieuwe en interessante voederadventieven voor de Belgische en Noordfranse flora, hoofdzakelijk in 1994. Dumortiera 61-62: 23-45.

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