What’s a dichotomous key?
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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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- Poaceae
- Poaceae Group 9
- Miscanthus
Miscanthus
See list of 2 species in this genusReference: Barkworth (2003b).
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      1a. Awn of lemma elongate, 6–12 mm long, geniculate at base, conspicuously surpassing glumes; callus of lemma pubescent with hairs 3.5–12 mm long, up to twice as long as the associated spikelet; ligules 1–2 mm long; plants cespitose, with short rhizomes, forming large clumps
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      1b. Awn of lemma absent or short, not exceeding the glumes of intact spikelets; callus of lemma pubescent with hairs ca. 8–24 mm long, 2–4 times as long as the associated spikelet; ligules 0.5–1 mm long; plants long-rhizomatous, forming extensive colonies
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