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Leymus Hochst.

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Leymus Hochst., 31: 118 (1848)
Leymus Hochst.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Hochst.
Hochst.
1848
118
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Leymus Hochst.
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Leymus

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Leymus

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Leymus Hochst.

Rhizomatous perennials. Leaf-blade stiff, usually glaucous, with ± pungent tip. Inflorescence a linear spike with spikelets in groups of (1)-2-4-(7), at nodes of the tough rachis. Spikelets (1)-2-5-(7)-flowered; disarticulation between florets. Glumes 1-5-nerved, usually > ½ length of lemma, linear, subulate, or narrow-lanceolate, rounded or keeled, acute to shortly awned. Lemma 3-7-nerved, clothed in hairs, rounded or keeled near tip, acute to shortly awned. Palea folded, flank margins contiguous, hairy. Lodicules ciliate, simple. Ovary with conspicuous hairy corona. Caryopsis oblanceolate to oblong, ± grooved; embryo ⅕-¼ caryopsis.

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1 January 2000
23 January 2014
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