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Oreobolus R.Br.

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Oreobolus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810)
Oreobolus R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
ICN
Oreobolus R.Br.
genus
Oreobolus

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Oreobolus

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Oreobolus R.Br.

Spikelets solitary, or with 1–2 lateral spikelets, 1-fld, peduncle lengthening at maturity, subtended by a lf-like bract. Fl. hermaphrodite, in the uppermost glume. Glumes 3–4, much > fls, deciduous. Hypog. scales 6, in 2 series, ± equal, ± scarious with minutely serrulate margins, remaining attached to the apex of the culm after the nut has fallen. Stamens 3. Style 3-fid, not thickened at the base, deciduous. Nut obovoid, obtuse, smooth with a star-shaped depression round the apiculate tip, or narrowed to a beak at the tip. Perennial herbs, forming dense or loose cushions. Stems densely lfy, much-branched. Lvs , rigid; lamina (at least in N.Z. spp.) broadening and bending forwards from a point a short distance above the top of the sheath; margins for the most part minutely serrulate, but teeth almost lacking from margins at middle part of lf, and ± retrorse towards base near sheath.

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Oreobolus R.Br.
Oreobolus
Oreobolus R.Br.
Oreobolus R.Br.
Oreobolus R.Br.

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Oreobolus R.Br.
Chile
Oreobolus R.Br.
New Zealand
Southland Land District

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7b0aa0d5-3fc9-4d13-8af0-07b14f183017
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 August 2008
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