Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
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Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 205-206 (1925)
Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
Nomenclature
Cheeseman
Hack.
(Hack.) Cheeseman
1925
205-206
ICN
species
Festuca matthewsii
Classification
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Synonyms
Descriptions
Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
Glaucous upland tussocks with intravaginal branching. Leaf-sheath 3-15 cm, wider than leaf-blade. Leaf-blade 10-30 cm, hexagonal or nearly so, smooth or scabrid at thickened collar; T.S.: 5 vascular bundles, 7 sclerenchyma strands. Culm (10)-40-100 cm, much taller than leaves; nodes evident. Panicle (2.5)-7-20 cm, with open, pulvinate branches; rachis prickle-toothed. Spikelets 10-20 mm. Lemmas usually glabrous, glaucous; awn 1-2-(4) mm. Lodicules usually hair-tipped. Anthers yellow to purple. Ovary commonly with hispid apical hairs.
Taxonomic concepts
Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
Festuca ovina subsp. matthewsii Hack.
Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
Festuca ovina var. matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
Festuca petriei Howarth
Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
Festuca petriei Howarth f. petriei
Festuca matthewsii (Hack.) Cheeseman
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1 January 2000
15 February 2007
