Allolepis is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.Soderstrom, Thomas Robert & Decker, Henry Fleming 1965. Allolepis: a new segregate of Distichlis (Gramineae). Madroño 18(2): 33–64Espejo Serna, A., A. R. López-Ferrari & J. Valdés-Reyna. 2000. Poaceae. Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas: una Sinopsis Florística 10: 7–236Beetle, A.A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37(4): 317–407Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora The only known species is Allolepis texana (Texas false saltgrass).
Allolepis texana is similar to Distichlis spp. It is a dioecious, perennial herb reproducing by means of stolons running along the surface of the ground. Stems are glabrous, up to tall. Leaf blades are flat or somewhat folded, up to long and wide. The inflorescence is a tight panicle up to long with 5–70 spikelets. Staminate plants have up to 20 flowers per spikelet, pistillate plants only 5–9.Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
All of the known US populations are staminate (male), lacking female flowers, reproducing vegetatively.
Distribution and habitat The species is native to western Texas and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Tamaulipas).The Plant ListDávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México D.F.Poole, J.M., et al. 2007. Rare Plants of Texas, Texas A&M University Press, College Station TX, pp. 74–75.
It grows on sandy and silty soils of river bottoms and floodplains.
See also List of Poaceae genera
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