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Lepturus R.Br.

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Lepturus R.Br. (1810)
Lepturus R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
207
ICN
Lepturus R.Br.
genus
Lepturus

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Lepturus

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Lepturus R.Br.

Perennials. Ligule membranous, ciliate. Inflorescence a cylindrical bilateral raceme with spikelets arranged alternately on opposite sides of a thickened fragile rachis, edgeways on and embedded in hollows of the rachis. Spikelets 1-flowered, dorsally compressed, falling at maturity with portion of rachis; rachilla prolonged. Lower glume minute or 0, except in uppermost spikelet; upper glume exceeding the rachis cavity and concealing the floret, appressed to rachis, coriaceous, 5-12-nerved, acute to caudately awned. Lemma 3-nerved, membranous, rounded, obtuse to acute. Palea ≤ lemma, 2-keeled. Caryopsis ellipsoid. Fig. 20.

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Lepturus R.Br.
Lepturus R.Br.
Lepturus R.Br.
Lepturus
Lepturus R.Br.

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Lepturus R.Br.
United Kingdom

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72b2105f-7521-44b7-bf3f-dededcb4d4b7
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
23 January 2014
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