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Anthoxanthum odoratum L.

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Anthoxanthum odoratum L., Sp. Pl. 28 (1753)
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
28
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Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
species
Anthoxanthum odoratum

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odoratum

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Anthoxanthum odoratum L.

Tufted perennials, 12-50-(90) cm, strongly coumarin-scented. Leaf-sheath firmly membranous, glabrous or sparsely hairy, especially towards ligule, ± bearded on margins near collar, sometimes with one minute lateral auricle. Ligule 0.6-5 mm, truncate to somewhat tapered, minutely ciliate. Leaf-blade (1)-3.5-18-(25) cm × 2-6.5-(10) mm, glabrous or hairy, ribs smooth or minutely scaberulous, tip acute to acuminate. Culm erect or spreading, simple, internodes glabrous. Panicle 1.5-10-(16) × (0.5)-1-2-(4) cm, cylindric to ± ovate, dense, branches very rarely obvious; rachis glabrous, branches and pedicels short-hairy or very rarely glabrous. Spikelets 7-9.5 mm, green or brownish green, sometimes proliferous. Glumes ± hairy, very rarely glabrous or minutely scabrid, acute to shortly mucronate; lower c. ½ length of upper, 1-nerved, ovate, upper > florets and enclosing them, 3-nerved, ovate-lanceolate. Ø florets: lemma 3-3.5 mm, oblong, firmly membranous, brown and hairy below, hyaline above, apex bifid, with short obtuse lobes; awn of lower floret 2.4-3.8 mm, straight, inserted above midpoint, awn of second floret 6.3-8.5 mm, curved near base, inserted near base of lemma and often slightly projecting beyond upper glumes; palea 0 in both florets. ☿ floret: lemma 1.4-2.2 mm, orbicular, smooth; palea = lemma, narrow-lanceolate; anthers (2.5)-3.5-4.7 mm; caryopsis 1.4-1.9 × 0.5-1 mm. Plate 4E.

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Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.

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Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
Norfolk Island
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
United Kingdom

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02a36acd-a10a-4360-b7e2-60ae4a4298e7
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1 January 2000
7 March 2007
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