Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
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Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f. (1844)
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Nomenclature
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1844
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Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
species
Oreobolus pectinatus
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Descriptions
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Cushions 1–10 cm. high. Stems densely packed, much branched at base. Lvs invariably distichous; lamina 0.5–1mm. wide, abaxial surface convex, median nerve and 2 lateral nerves visible at widest part of lamina, adaxial surface channelled, only the median nerve prominent, both surfaces with abundant stomata; sheath 5–7-nerved, not lobed at the top. Spikelets us. solitary; mature peduncle us. > lvs. Glumes us. 3, us. light green with broad, colourless, membr. margins, the outermost longer, lf-like, the 2 inner ± equal, membr., occ. a fourth smaller glume is present. Hypog. Scales < nut, lanceolate, colourless at first, later red-brown to almost black. Nut slightly > 1 mm. long, < 1 mm. diam., light brown or often dark brown with a triangular, pubescent depression at the tip.
Taxonomic concepts
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Oreobolus pumilio var. pectinatus (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
Oreobolus serrulatus Colenso
Oreobolus pectinatus Hook.f.
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1 January 2000