Abildgaardia Vahl.
A genus of about 15 species, perennial herbs, of the tropics and subtropics.
ID notes: Abildgaardia is densely cespitose from a hard, bulbous base, with filiform blades > 1/2 as long as the culms. The spikelets are usually solitary and terminal on the culm, but there are sometimes 1-3 additional spikelets. The scales of the spikelets are distichous to sometimes irregular, the spikelet compressed laterally, either flat or twisted out-of-plane.
Ref: Goetghebeur In Kubitzki (1998b); Kral (1971); Kral (2002d) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002b). Show full citations.
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© Jay Horn | Abildgaardia ovata source | Original Image ⭷
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