Poaceae

Arundo donax

Arundo L. Arundo donax L. Ömür: Çok yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 10 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 10 Habitat: su kenarları, çitler Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 250 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: Trakya, B., G. ve KD. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: Akdeniz, Güney Batı, Orta, Doğu ve Güney Doğu Asya, Yeni Zelenda

A. donax L., Sp. PL 81 (1753). Syn: Donax arundinaceus P. Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 161 (1812). Ic: Fl. Iraq 9: t. 142 (1968). Perennial. Stems to 5 m, simple or shortly branched from nodes. Ligule truncate, 1-1.5 mm, with a row of dense short cilia on upper margin. Leaf blades rounded or cordate at base, to 60 x 6 cm, long-attenuate at apex, scab-rid. Panicle to 70 cm. Spikelets 2-4-flowered. Glumes equal, glabrous, 9-14.5 mm. Lemma lanceolate, 7-12 mm, with 3 veins, each produced into a short awn, median awn 1.5-4 mm, twice as long as laterals; hairs on dorsal surface 6-7 mm. Anthers 2.5-3 mm. Fl. 10. Watersides, hedges, s. 1.-250 m. Described from Spain & France (Hb. Linn. 97/3 & 4). Turkey-in-Europe, W., S. & N.E. Anatolia, Islands. A1(E) Tekirdağ: Şarköy to Mürefte, nr Şarköy, si., A. Baytop (ISTE 14886)! A1(A) Balikesir: Marmara adasi, 30 m, Tuzlaci (ISTE 38825)! A2(E) Istanbul: Şişli, 25 xi 1894, Azn.! A2(A) Istanbul: Cevizli, A. Baytop (ISTE 16165)! Kocaeli: nr Karamürsel, 40 m, A. Baytop (ISTE 38588)! Bursa: d. Kavakli, Mustafakemalpaşa to Susurluk, A. Baytop (ISTE 18824)! Balikesir: Siğirci, A. Baytop (ISTE 18734)! A8 Çoruh: Artvin to Ardahan, 250 m, A. Baytop (ISTE 33328)! Bl Izmir: Inciralti, Önür & Baldağ 244 (ISTE 38875)! B2 Balikesir: Susurluk, A. Baytop (ISTE 18821)! Manisa: Turgutlu to Salihli, A. Baytop (ISTE 23620)! C1 Aydin: Aydin to Çine, nr Menderes bridge, T. Baytop (ISTE 38833)! Muğla: Ortakent to Dağbelen, 150 m, Sorger & Kit-Tan 84-11-6(1), C2 Aydin: nr Kizildere, Gözler (ISTE 38888)! Muğla: nr Fethiye, A. Baytop (ISTE 38904)! C5 Adana: 5 km from Adana to Karataş, A. Baytop (ISTE 27067)! Is: Lesvos, 2 km S. of Mithimna, nr s.l, Edmondson & McClintock 2609(!);Khios, Piatt 618; Samos, Rech. obs.; Kalimnos, Rech. obs.; Kos, Rech. obs.; Rodhos, Fiori 50. Mediterranean area, S.W., C, E. & S.E. Asia, New Zealand. Cultivated and naturalised in the tropics and Australasia. The Giant Reed (in Turkish, 'kargi') is also grown as a hedge or screen as a protection against wind. The stems are used as fishing rods, supports for plants, as roofing and shelters and in the preparation of local musical instruments such as shepherd's pipes (in Turkish, 'kaval') and a kind of flute ('ney').