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Fimbristylis Vahl

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Fimbristylis Vahl (1805)
Fimbristylis Vahl

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Vahl
Vahl
1805
ICN
Fimbristylis Vahl
genus
Fimbristylis

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Fimbristylis

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Fimbristylis Vahl

Infl. a compound or congested umbel, or a single spikelet. Spikelets several-fld, with ∞ spirally imbricating glumes; lowest 1–2 glumes empty, many or several succeeding glumes hermaphrodite and fertile; uppermost glumes male or sterile. Hypog. bristles 0. Stamens 1–3. Style 2–3-fid, with enlarged base distinct from the nut and caducous with the style. Nut trigonous or biconvex. Tufted annual or perennial herbs, lvs crowded at bases of culms, occ. reduced to sheaths only. Spp. c. 300 in tropical and warm temperate areas, especially plentiful in south-east Asia and north-east Australia. The single N.Z. sp. is found in most tropical and warm countries.

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Fimbristylis Vahl
Fimbristylis
Fimbristylis Vahl
Fimbristylis Vahl
Fimbristylis Vahl

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Fimbristylis Vahl
Australia
Western Australia
Fimbristylis Vahl
China
Fimbristylis Vahl
New Caledonia
Fimbristylis Vahl
Niue
Fimbristylis Vahl
Samoa
Fimbristylis Vahl
Tonga
Fimbristylis Vahl
United States

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14ace5e7-0927-4390-b722-548e428a5a65
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 August 2008
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