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Parapholis C.E.Hubb.

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Parapholis C.E.Hubb., Blumea, Suppl. 3: 14 (1946)
Parapholis C.E.Hubb.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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C.E.Hubb.
C.E.Hubb.
1946
14
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Parapholis C.E.Hubb.
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Parapholis

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Parapholis

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Parapholis C.E.Hubb.

Short, caespitose annuals or biennials. Leaf-sheath open. Ligule membranous. Leaf-blade flat to rolled, narrow. Culm glabrous. Inflorescence a single, simple spike, breaking up at maturity by disarticulation of rachis below each spikelet. Spikelets 1-flowered, sessile, solitary and alternating on opposite sides of rachis, broadside to rachis and ± sunk in cavities within it, falling away with rachis internodes at maturity. Glumes 2, adjacent, strongly nerved, coriaceous, ≥ lemma, tip acute. Lemma 3-5-nerved, membranous, at right angles to rachis. Palea ≤ lemma, hyaline, keels 2, rather indistinct. Lodicules 2, glabrous. Stamens 3. Ovary glabrous; styles free to base. Caryopsis longitudinally grooved; embryo small; hilum punctiform or shortly elliptic. Fig. 7.

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Parapholis C.E.Hubb.
Parapholis C.E.Hubb.
Parapholis C.E.Hubb.
Parapholis
Parapholis C.E.Hubb.

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1 January 2000
24 January 2014
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