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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Leptochloa
Leptochloa
See list of 2 species in this genusReference: Snow (2003).
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1a. Leaf sheaths sparsely to densely pubescent with pustulose-based hairs; ligule 0.6–3.2 mm long, truncate at apex; spikelets 2–4 mm long, with 2–5 (–6) florets
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1b. Leaf sheaths glabrous or scabrous, but not pustulose-pubescent; ligule 2–8 mm long, attenuate at apex and becoming lacerate at maturity; spikelets 5–12 mm long, with 6–20 florets [Fig. 238]
Show photos of: Each photo represents one species in this genus.