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Title: | 9. 'Websteria' S. H. Wright, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 135. 1887 | Contributor(s): | Bruhl, Jeremy James (author) | Publication Date: | 2002 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4724 | Abstract: | Herbs, perennial, not cespitose, stoloniferous, aquatic. Culms many-stemmed (branched), with stems in successive false whorls, terete; whorls terminating in clusters of leaves essentially indistinguishale from stems. Leaves sheaths, tubular, transparent, or scalelike when subtending stems; ligules absent; blades absent. Inflorescences terminal; spikelets 1; involucral bracts absent. Spikelets borne singly on branches arising from among leaves; scales 2, distichous, proximal empty, distal subtending flower. Flowers bisexual; perianth bristles 6-11, straight or curved, slightly longer than achene, retrorsely spinulose; stamens 3; styles persistent, linear, 2-fid, base slightly enlarged. Achenes biconvex. | Publication Type: | Entry In Reference Work | Source of Publication: | Flora of North America: North of Mexico, v.23: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae, p. 120-121 | Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Place of Publication: | New York, United States of America | ISBN: | 0195152077 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060310 Plant Systematics and Taxonomy | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960899 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of Environments not elsewhere classified | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.oup.com.au/titles/academic/science/biological_sciences/9780195152074 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/28130544 |
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