Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Details
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev (1976)
Nomenclature
(Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Tzvelev
E.B.Alexeev
1976
ICN
genus
Austrofestuca
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Tussock-forming perennials, moderately tall, rhizomatous; branching intravaginal. Leaf-sheath open, glabrous. Ligule short, submembranous, truncate, shortly ciliate, abaxially glabrous. Leaf-blade stiff, rolled. Culm internodes glabrous. Panicle contracted, almost spike-like; branches short, stiff. Spikelets 3-6-flowered, pedicelled, laterally compressed; disarticulation above glumes; rachilla prolonged, ± hairy. Glumes 3-5-nerved, subequal, ≈ lemma of proximal floret, coriaceous, keeled, acute. Lemma 5-7-nerved, coriaceous, keeled; apex obtuse, or minutely notched with midnerve minutely excurrent. Palea subcoriaceous, keels 2, stiffly ciliate. Lodicules 2, bilobed, ciliate, and with a few minute hairs centrally. Callus ringed by short, stiff hairs. Stamens 3. Ovary glabrous, styles free to base, stigmas plumose, whitish. Caryopsis elliptic to cylindric, adaxially longitudinally grooved; embryo small; hilum oval, c. ¼ length of caryopsis.
Taxonomic concepts
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
16 March 2016