Fimbristylis Vahl (Q3236)
Fimbristylis is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Abildgaardieae
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Fimbristylis is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Abildgaardieae
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taxon/id/Fimbristylis Vahl
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Fimbristylis Vahl
Fimbristylis
Vahl
FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
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Herbs, annual or perennial, usually cespitose, rhizomatous or not.
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Culms sometimes solitary, scapose, stiff or flaccid, terete, compressed, or 3–5-angled, coarse or fine.
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Leaves basal, distichous or polystichous;
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sheaths open apically, shorter than blade, with broad scarious margins;
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ligule absent at junction with blade or, if present, of erect short hairs, transverse, continuous or interrupted;
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blades flat or variously folded, terete, or sulcate, not prominently keeled on abaxial surface, the widest not more than 2 mm wide.
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Inflorescences simple or compound anthelae, rarely capitate;
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spikelets 1–80+, rarely single;
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involucral-bracts 2–5, spreading or rarely erect, scalelike or leaflike.
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Spikelets mainly ovoid to lanceoloid or cylindric, sometimes compressed;
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scales 8–100+, spirally arranged, each subtending flower or proximal 1–2 empty.
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Flowers bisexual;
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styles flattened or subterete, 2–3-fid, base enlarged, deciduous.
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Achenes biconvex or trigonous, reticulate-honeycombed.
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mainly ovoid
lanceoloid or cylindric
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reticulate-honeycombed
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