Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
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Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev (1976)
Nomenclature
(Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Labill.
E.B.Alexeev
1976
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species
Austrofestuca littoralis
Classification
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Descriptions
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
2n = 28
2n = 28
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Dense, very stiff, rhizomatous tussocks, to 100 cm, with pungent leaves usually overtopping culms. Leaf-sheath light brown to grey-brown, coriaceous, striate, glabrous. Ligule 0.7-1 mm, asymmetrical, stiffly membranous, ciliate. Leaf-blade 10-60 cm ×c. 1 mm diam., inrolled, wiry, abaxially glabrous, adaxially densely minutely pubescent. Culm (8)-12-50 cm, erect, internodes glabrous. Panicle (3.5)-6-25 cm, stiff, erect, contracted, almost spike-like; rachis glabrous, branches erect, pedicels with dense stiff minute hairs and prickle-teeth. Spikelets 9-16 mm, 3-6-flowered, greenish brown. Glumes almost equal, coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, minutely prickle-toothed above, densely prickle-toothed on keel; lower 5.5-10 mm, (3)-5-nerved, upper 6.5-11 mm, 3-(5)-nerved; margins finely prickle-toothed. Lemma 6-11.5 mm, 5-7-(9)-nerved, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or with shortly excurrent midnerve, ± covered with very dense, stiff prickle-teeth, often minutely hairy on nerves below. Palea 5-8 mm, subcoriaceous, keels very densely, short, stiff hairy, interkeel and flanks minutely prickle-toothed. Lodicules c. 1.5 mm, bilobed, ciliate. Callus ringed by short, stiff hairs. Rachilla sparsely to densely hairy especially near apex. Anthers (1.5)-2-3 mm. Gynoecium: ovary c. 2 mm; stigma-styles c. 3 mm. Caryopsis 2.5-4 ×c. 1 mm. 2n= 28. Plate 5B.
Taxonomic concepts
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
Austrofestuca littoralis (Labill.) E.B.Alexeev
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a25dc672-ee1d-4d94-86e4-ab8acdcea9e4
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1 January 2000
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