Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7658
Title: 3. Lepironia
Contributor(s): Dai, Lunkai (author); Bruhl, Jeremy J  (author)orcid ; Simpson, David A (author)
Publication Date: 2010
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7658
Abstract: Perennials. Rhizomes woody. Culms erect, terete, with transverse septa. Leaves basal, without a leaf blade. Primary involucral bracts subulate, cylindric, erect. Inflorescence a single spike, pseudolateral, with many spirally arranged imbricate glumelike bracts. Basal glumelike bracts empty, most subtending pseudospikelets. Pseudospikelets with 2 outer strongly keeled glumes and many non-keeled glumes, most subtending 1 stamen and a solitary apparently terminal female flower. Perianth bristles absent. Stigma 2, long, slender. Nutlet plano-convex, apex not beaked. One species: tropical Asia, Australia, Madagascar, Pacific islands.
Publication Type: Entry In Reference Work
Source of Publication: Flora of China, v.23: Acoraceae through Cyperaceae, p. 170-171
Publisher: Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press
Place of Publication: China
ISBN: 1930723997
9781930723993
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060310 Plant Systematics and Taxonomy
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960805 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales
HERDC Category Description: N Entry In Reference Work
Publisher/associated links: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118095
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