Difference between revisions of "Glyceria sect. Striatae"
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Plants perennial. Sheaths not or weakly compressed, midvein often conspicuous distally. Panicles 0.8-30 cm wide; branches usually ascending to strongly divergent or drooping, sometimes appressed. Spikelets oval in side view, lengths 1-4 times widths, laterally compressed. Lemmas with apices acute or obtuse to rounded, prow-shaped; paleas slightly shorter to slightly longer than the lemmas, keels well-developed, tips strongly incurved, apices narrowly notched between the keels; lodicules free; anthers 2. Caryopses usually obovoid, sometimes ovoid; hila punctate or linear.
Discussion
Members of Glyceria sect. Striatae grow along streams, in swamps, and in shallow, fresh water. The section includes seven species, all of which are native to the Flora region.
Selected References
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