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Luzula subg. Pterodes
Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 76. 1890.
Basionym: Luzula sect. Pterodes Grisebach Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 404. 1846
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Leaves: apex callous. Inflorescences corymbose, simple or sparsely branched. Flowers solitary. Seeds: base without tuft of hairs; caruncle chalazal, conspicuous.
Distribution
North America, Eurasia, e Africa
Discussion
Species 8 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Tepals 1.6–2.5 mm; inflorescences rarely branching; pedicels spreading | Luzula rufescens |
| 1 | Tepals 3–4.5 mm; inflorescences not branching or often branching; pedicels mostly erect to spreading. | Luzula acuminata |
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Luzula subg. Pterodes +
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subgenus +
indistinct +
rhizomatous +
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