Meanings
- not comparablerarebiologyHaving a sharp pointed end or mucro.
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Perennials, densely caespitose; rhizome stout, branched, ascending or short with internodes very abbreviated; stem 15–25 (–33) cm long, c. 1 mm in diam.; cataphylls 3–4 (–5), obtuse, pale brown with blade mucroniform and 0.3–1.5 mm long; cauline leaf usually single; auricles narrow, distinct; sterile shoots usually single-leaved.
2002, Jan Kirschner, editor, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 6. Juncaceae 1: Rostkovia to Luzula, Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, →ISBN, page 6
Origin
- Latinmūcrō
- Englishmucroniform
From Latin mūcrō, mūcrōnem (“a sharp point”) + -iform.
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