Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
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Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 47: 55 (1915)
Nomenclature
(Kük.) Petrie
Kük.
Petrie
1915
55
ICN
species
Uncinia strictissima
Classification
Descriptions
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
2n = 88
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Forming dense, rush-like, olive-green tufts, from a slightly ascending rhizome 2–3 mm. diam. Culms 30–55–(70) cm. × c. 1 mm., trigonous and scabrid, but older culms becoming terete and glab., except just under infl.; basal bracts dull dark brown. Lvs 2–3 per culm, much < mature culms, us. involute, c. 1 mm. wide, or up to 2 mm. wide if flat, rigid, strongly nerved, scabrid on margins and on adaxial surface towards tip, sheaths and midrib bright red. Spikes 3–10 cm. long, us. subtended by a reddish bract > spike, female fls c. 10–15, ± distant in longer spikes, internodes up to 14 mm. long at base of spike, 3 mm. long above. Glumes < or = utricles, persistent, obtuse or lowermost subacute, coriac., green to light brown, tinged with pink, margins membr. Utricles 6–7.5 × c. 2 mm., plano-convex, nerved, light brown, often pink towards the top, stipe and beak both cuneate, each 1.5 mm. long.
Taxonomic concepts
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
Uncinia strictissima (Kük.) Petrie
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328694b8-8492-452b-b9b8-6a0613da795d
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1 January 2000
20 August 2015