Difference between revisions of "Eleocharis compressa Sullivant (Q3286) "

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Culms subterete to greatly compressed, to 5 times as wide as thick, often with 2–12 ridges, 8–45 cm × (0.2–) 0.5–1.8 mm, firm to hard, spongy.

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Leaves: distal leaf-sheaths persistent, not splitting, proximally red, distally green to stramineous, papery, apex usually redbrown, broadly obtuse to subtruncate, callose, tooth absent.

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Spikelets ovoid, 4–8 × 2–4 mm, apex acute;

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proximal scale clasping 3/4 of culm to amplexicaulous, entire;

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subproximal scale empty or with flower;

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floral scales spreading in fruit, 20–60, 6 per mm of rachilla, medium brown to very dark-brown, sometimes stramineous or colorless, midrib region often paler, ovate, 2–3 (–4) × 1–1.5 mm, apex acute to acuminate, the apical colorless hyaline region mostly longer than wide and 0.6–1.2 mm, in proximal part of spikelet 2-fid to shallowly cut, rarely entire, in distal part often entire, carinate in distal part of spikelet.

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Flowers: perianth bristles 0–5, stramineous, length variable, to equaling achene, obscurely to clearly retrorsely spinulose;

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stamens 3;

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anthers yellow to orangebrown, 0.7–2 mm;

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styles 3-fid or some 2-fid.

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Achenes falling with scales or some persistent, yellowbrown or dark-brown, obovoid to obpyriform, nearly equilaterally to compressedtrigonous or usually some biconvex, angles evident or obscure, 0.8–1.1 × 0.6–0.8 mm, neck very short, finely rugulose and sometimes finely (or coarsely) cancellate at 10–20X with 14–20 blunt horizontal ridges in a vertical series.

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Tubercles brown (to whitish), pyramidal, usually depressed, often rudimentary, 0.15–0.3 × 0.2–0.35 mm.

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morphology statement

whole organism

duration

perennial

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whole organism

growth form

mat-forming

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whole organism

growth form

plant

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evident

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short to rather

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character

length

rather

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thickness

2

3

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firm

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tissue

duration

persistent

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stem internode

height

short

very

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stem internode

some measurement

0

2

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some measurement

5

12

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papery

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subterete

greatly compressed

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0-5 times as wide as thick

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8

45

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atypical width

0.2

0.5

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0.5

1.8

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firm

hard

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spongy

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duration

persistent

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dehiscence

splitting

not

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red

proximally

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distally green

stramineous

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papery

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redbrown

usually

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broadly obtuse

subtruncate

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pubescence

callose

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inflorescence spikelet

ovoid

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inflorescence spikelet

4

8

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inflorescence spikelet

2

4

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acute

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fixation

clasping

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3/4

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entire

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amplexicaulous

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empty

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with flower

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orientation

spreading

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medium

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brown to very

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dark-brown

very

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stramineous

sometimes

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colorless

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20

60

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6

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acute

acuminate

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0

5

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stramineous

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variability

length

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variability

variable

equaling

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variability

variable

equaling

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spinulose

obscurely to clearly retrorsely

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inflorescence flower stamen

3

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inflorescence flower anther

yellow

orangebrown

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inflorescence flower anther

some measurement

0.7

2

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inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

3-fid

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inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

some

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inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

2-fid

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life cycle

falling

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0.8

1.1

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0.6

0.8

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biconvex

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yellowbrown

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dark-brown

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biconvex

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obovoid

obpyriform

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biconvex

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biconvex

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biconvex

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evident

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obscure

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inflorescence flower perianth neck

height

short

very

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inflorescence flower perianth neck

relief

rugulose

finely

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inflorescence flower perianth neck

cancellate

sometimes finely

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brown

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pyramidal

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depressed

usually

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rudimentary

often

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0.15

0.3

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0.2

0.35

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