Poa anceps G.Forst. subsp. anceps
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Poa anceps G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 8 (1786) subsp. anceps
Poa anceps G.Forst. subsp. anceps
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Poa anceps G.Forst. subsp. anceps
2n = 28
2n = 28
Poa anceps G.Forst. subsp. anceps
Very variable in habit, stiff and erect or scrambling and trailing. Sheaths smooth or variably scabrous; lamina 10-30-(40)cm × 1-6.5 mm wide, adaxially smooth, or scabrous along nerves, rarely papillose-scabrous, occasionally with fringe of stiff short hairs above ligule, margins smooth or scabrous. Culms (15)-25-50-(70)cm long. Panicle c. 10-25 cm long, usually open with spreading branches, sometimes contracted. Spikelets (3)-4- 7.5 mm long, (2)-3-5-(8)-flowered. Lower glume (2)-2.5-3.5-(4.5) mm long, 3-nerved. Lemma 5-7- nerved, acute to subobtuse, internerves finely scaberulous throughout, occasionally only minutely papillose. Anthers 1.5-2.5 mm long. Caryopsis c. 2 × 0.5 mm. Endemic
Poa anceps G.Forst. subsp. anceps
Very variable in habit, stiff and erect or scrambling and trailing. Leaf-sheath smooth or variably scabrid. Leaf-blade 10-30-(40) cm × 1-6.5 mm, adaxially smooth, or scabrid on ribs, rarely papillose-scabrid, occasionally with fringe of stiff short hairs above ligule; margins smooth or scabrid. Culm (15)-25-50-(70) cm. Panicle c. 10-25 cm, usually open with spreading branches, sometimes contracted. Spikelets (3)-4-7.5 mm, (2)-3-5-(8)-flowered. Lower glume (2)-2.5-3.5-(4.5) mm, 3-nerved. Lemma 5-7-nerved, acute to subobtuse, internerves finely scaberulous throughout, occasionally only minutely papillose. Anthers 1.5-2.5 mm. Caryopsis c. 2 × 0.5 mm. 2n= 28.
Taxonomic concepts
Poa affinis var. α multiflora Hook.f.
Poa affinis var. β agrostoidea Hook.f.
Poa anceps G.Forst. var. anceps
Poa anceps var. condensata Cheeseman
Poa anceps var. α elata Hook.f.
Poa anceps var. β foliosa Hook.f.
Poa anceps var. δ densiflora Hook.f.
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1 January 2000
24 April 2006