Table 8. The 40 in Simonachne, a new genus for Australia segregated from Ancistrachne s. l. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) and a new subtribe Cleistochloinae

Table 8. The 40 most discriminating characters on the basis of Kruskal–Wallis values at the 10-group level generated from PATN cluster analysis by using the baseline dataset of 24 samples × 161 characters.
Character codeCharacter descriptionVegetative1Growth habitTerminal inflorescences6* #Terminal inflorescence typeMacromorphology of spikelets in terminal inflorescences (mostly chasmogamous (CH))15 BSpikelet compression22* #Shape of apex of upper glume23 AShape of body of upper glume31Similarity of the indumentum (type and distribution) on the upper glume to that on the lower lemma32Lower glume enveloping the upper glume at the base34Texture of margin of lower lemma35Type of tuberculate-based macrohairs on the back of the lower lemma of CH spikelets36Length of strap-shaped trichomes on distal margin of lower lemma51 BPresence of awn on the upper lemma of CH spikelets55* #Upper lemma with a germination lid69 AShape of hilum74Length of hairs on distal margin of upper palea of CH spikeletsMacromorphology of obligately cleistogamous (CL) spikelets mostly from leaf axils79*Composition of the CL inflorescences80*Nature of the leaf sheath at maturity subtending the CL spikelets82*Compression of CL spikelets, cross-sectional shape83*Orientation of CL spikelets84* BPedicels of basal CL spikelets89* #Texture of margin of upper glume at apex90*Back of upper glume 2-keeled on CL spikelets96* #Margins of lower lemma of the axillary CL spikelets overlapping at apex97* #Margin of the lower lemma of the axillary CL spikelets with texture different from the body101*Lower lemma of CL spikelets with a proximal elaiosome