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Key to Mnesithea

Poaceae

Mnesithea

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(c) jrebman - CC-BY-NC
1 Annual; sessile spikelets hemispheric; lower glumes of the sessile spikelet alveolate; [exotic weed]
1 Perennial (cespitose or rhizomatous); sessile spikelets ovate; lower glumes of the sessile spikelet rugose or pitted; [native].
(c) Witsell, Theo - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
  2 Culms round in cross-section
  2 Culms compressed-keeled in cross-section.
(c) Ward, Scott G
    3 Lower glume with rectangular pits
    3 Lower glume smooth or with transverse ridges.
(c) Ward, Scott G
      4 Lower glume with transverse ridges
(c) Ward, Scott G
      4 Lower glume smooth