Part 6. JUNCACEAE 1: Rostkovia to Luzula - Species Plantarum ...

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SPECIES PLANTARUM — FLORA OF THE WORLD (2002)
57: Lower bract tip obtuse, ±swollen; basal
cluster is a part of the wholly congested
inflorescence [North America or
Greenland] 96. L. groenlandica
46: Tepals longer than 2.6 mm
58 Seed appendage c. 0.1 mm long
59 Outer tepals distinctly aristate [S India] 63. L. indica
59: Outer tepals usually acute to acuminate, not
aristate [outside India]
60 Anther/filament length ratio 2.0 (–3.0) [South
America] 105. L. ostenii
60: Anther/filament length ratio up to 1.5
61 Seeds 0.5–0.6 mm wide
62 Style 0.1–0.3 mm long
63 Plants with long branched ascending
rhizomes; tepals with indistinct narrow
margins; tepals often unequal (outer
longer) [Europe] 57. L. sudetica
63: Plants densely caespitose; rhizome short,
unbranched; tepals with distinct broad
margins; tepals ±equal [California] 97. L. orestera
62: Style 0.4–0.6 mm long
64 Inflorescence almost completely contracted,
elongated, 2–5 cm long, often interrupted at
base; basal leaves usually 5–6 mm wide;
tepals castaneous-brown [E Africa] 61. L. abyssinica
64: Inflorescence contracted, subglobose, to
1.8 cm long, compact; basal leaves usually to
3–4 mm wide; tepals dark to blackish brown
[Caucasus and NE Anatolia] 64. L. stenophylla
61: Seeds 0.7–0.8 mm wide
65 Inflorescence ±wholly contracted,
sometimes with 1–3 pedunculate clusters;
peduncles without secondary branches
66 Style 0.4–0.6 mm long; inflorescence
elongated, 2–5 cm long [E Africa] 61. L. abyssinica
66: Style 0.3–0.4 mm long, congested part of
inflorescence to 1.5 cm long [China and
Tibet] 66. L. bomiensis
65: Inflorescence of 1–4 subsessile and 3–many
pedunculate clusters (if subsessile clusters 3
or 4 then peduncles with secondary
branches)
67 Style 0.4–0.5 mm long; tepals 2.3–3.0 mm
long [Tropical Africa] 60. L. mannii
67: Style 0.5–0.9 mm long; tepals 2.8–4.4 mm
long [Hawaiian Is.] 102. L. hawaiiensis
58: Seed appendage 0.2 mm or longer
68 Seeds 0.5–0.6 mm wide