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Desmoschoenus Hook.f.

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Desmoschoenus Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 271 (1853)

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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1853
271
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Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
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Desmoschoenus

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Desmoschoenus

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Desmoschoenus Hook.f.

Infl. a terminal, contracted panicle of ∞, sessile spikelets in confluent clusters; the clusters alternate in lower part of infl. but spirally arranged above, each cluster subtended by a rigid, harsh bract similar to the lvs. Spikelets ∞, globose, many-fld. Glumes spirally imbricate, the lowest empty, often shorter and wider than the upper floriferous ones; fls hermaphrodite. Hypog. bristles 0. Stamens 3. Styles 3-fld. Nut obovoid, concavo-convex. Perennial herb with thick, woody rhizome and harshly scabrid lvs. Culms trigonous. Monotypic and endemic to N.Z.

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Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
Desmoschoenus
Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
Desmoschoenus Hook.f.
Desmoschoenus Hook.f.

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59810887-4f48-431f-856b-c38aeb72cc3c
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1 January 2000
28 August 2014
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