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Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev

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Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev (1976)

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(Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Tzvelev
E.B.Alexeev
1976
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Austrofestuca

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Austrofestuca

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Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev

Tussock-forming perennials, moderately tall, rhizomatous; branching intravaginal. Leaf-sheath open, glabrous. Ligule short, submembranous, truncate, shortly ciliate, abaxially glabrous. Leaf-blade stiff, rolled. Culm internodes glabrous. Panicle contracted, almost spike-like; branches short, stiff. Spikelets 3-6-flowered, pedicelled, laterally compressed; disarticulation above glumes; rachilla prolonged, ± hairy. Glumes 3-5-nerved, subequal, ≈ lemma of proximal floret, coriaceous, keeled, acute. Lemma 5-7-nerved, coriaceous, keeled; apex obtuse, or minutely notched with midnerve minutely excurrent. Palea subcoriaceous, keels 2, stiffly ciliate. Lodicules 2, bilobed, ciliate, and with a few minute hairs centrally. Callus ringed by short, stiff hairs. Stamens 3. Ovary glabrous, styles free to base, stigmas plumose, whitish. Caryopsis elliptic to cylindric, adaxially longitudinally grooved; embryo small; hilum oval, c. ¼ length of caryopsis.

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Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev

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1 January 2000
16 March 2016
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