Ficinia Schrad.
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Biostatus
Nomenclature
Schrad.
Schrad.
1832
ICN
Ficinia Schrad.
genus
Ficinia
Classification
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Descriptions
Infl. a terminal, contracted panicle of ∞, sessile spikelets in confluent clusters; the clusters alternate in lower part of infl. but spirally arranged above, each cluster subtended by a rigid, harsh bract similar to the lvs. Spikelets ∞, globose, many-fld. Glumes spirally imbricate, the lowest empty, often shorter and wider than the upper floriferous ones; fls hermaphrodite. Hypog. bristles 0. Stamens 3. Styles 3-fld. Nut obovoid, concavo-convex. Perennial herb with thick, woody rhizome and harshly scabrid lvs. Culms trigonous. Monotypic and endemic to N.Z.
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Metadata
f776e2dc-8255-4299-84a1-983004d2c45b
scientific name
Names_Plants
13 March 2002
3 December 2015