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Leersia Sw.

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Leersia Sw., Prodr. [Swartz] 21 (1788)
Leersia Sw.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Sw.
Sw.
1788
21
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Leersia Sw.
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Leersia

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Leersia

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Leersia Sw.

Perennials or annuals, rhizomatous, stoloniferous or tufted. Ligule membranous, entire or lacerate, usually glabrous. Leaf-blade flat, scabrid. Culm erect, or decumbent and straggling, terete or compressed. Panicle open or contracted, enclosed by leaf-sheaths or exserted, terminal or axillary. Spikelets 1-flowered, ☿, strongly laterally compressed; lower lemmas suppressed, rachilla modified to a short callus-like segment at base of deciduous floret; disarticulation above rudimentary glumes. Lemma chartaceous to coriaceous, keeled, 5-nerved with the outer lateral nerves ± at margins, usually awnless, keel and margins stiffly toothed. Palea similar in texture to lemma, much narrower, margins tightly enclosed by lemma margins. Stamens 6, or 3, 2, or 1.

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Leersia Sw.
Leersia
Leersia Sw.

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3cbd1dde-3a55-4008-a7fd-f28fc91f0da4
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1 January 2000
23 January 2014
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