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Catapodium Link, Hort. Berol. 44 (1827)
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Exotic
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New Zealand
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1827
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Catopodium
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Catapodium

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Catapodium

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Annuals. Ligule membranous. Leaf-blade flat, convolute when dry. Inflorescence a panicle with short, stiff branches, or a spiciform raceme. Spikelets 5-14-flowered, laterally compressed, shortly pedicelled, disarticulating tardily, or above glumes. Glumes subequal, ± coriaceous, (1)-3-5-nerved, acute to obtuse. Lemma 5-nerved, with inner lateral nerves sometimes indistinct, glabrous, rounded, or keeled near firm, acute to obtuse, or sometimes emarginate and apiculate tip. Palea ≈ lemma, 2-keeled, apex sometimes shortly bifid. Lodicules 2, membranous, glabrous, entire or bidentate. Callus glabrous. Stamens 3. Ovary glabrous; styles free to base. Caryopsis narrowly ellipsoid-oblong; embryo small; hilum punctiform.

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c2005796-5994-4099-93c3-cf050bda2bfd
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1 January 2000
21 January 2014
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