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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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Species
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LIPOCARPHA R. Br.
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PlaceOfPublication
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App. Tuckey Exp. Congo, 459. 1818.
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Reference
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Pfeiffer in Fedde, Rep. Spec. Nov. 39:38-43. 1935.
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Description
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Glabrous annuals or perennials, with leaves usually much shorter than the culms; inflorescence terminal, of several terete, sessile spikes, with an involucre of 2 or 3 leafy to subulate bracts; the individual spikes composed of numerous closely imbricated 3-scaled reduced spikelets, of which only the outermost scale is prominent, the 2 hyaline and obscure inner scales enveloping the plano-convex to trigonous elongate achene; stamens 1 or 2; style 2-3-cleft.
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Distribution
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About 14 species in the tropics of both hemispheres.
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Key
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a. Rigid perennial; scales broadly obovate; achene obovate -- 1. L. SELLOWIANA aa. Annual with soft leaves; scales narrow; achene linear - -2. L. MACULATA
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