Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

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Name scientific

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 4: 173 (1966)

Preferred name

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Taxonomy reference

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Linked name

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Edgar

Original authors

Edgar

Publication place

Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.

Year published

1966

Publication page

173

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Taxonomic rank

var.

Canonical form

Luzula banksiana var. acra

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Juncaceae

Genus

Luzula

Species

banksiana

Descriptions

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Description

2n = 12

Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Description

Leaves 3-8 mm wide, rigid, usually erect. Flowering stems (6)—12—30— (40) cm long, overtopping the leaves at maturity. Inflorescence of several pedunculate clusters mostly c. 10 × 10 mm, peduncles subequal, 1-3 cm long, or contracted to a large, compact or semicompact head; subtending bracts 2—9, rigid, the longest as much as 3 times the length of the inflorescence. Flowers (2.5)-3-4.5 mm long; tepals with light brown centre and cream membranous margins, sometimes darker in forms with compact head. Capsule pale brown.

Diagnosis

Folia rigida. Inflorescentia e multis capitulis composita, ramulis erectis subaequalibus, vel in unum magnum capitulum compacta; bracteae capitulis subjacentes, rigidae, conspicuae.

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Description

Lvs 3–8 mm. wide, rigid, us. erect. Flowering stems (6)–12–30–(40) cm. tall, > lvs at maturity. Infl. of several pedunculate clusters or occ. a ± compact head, clusters us. c. 10 × 10 mm., peduncles subequal, 1–3 cm. long; subtending bracts 2–9, rigid, > infl., the longest up to 3 times length of infl. Fls us. > 3 mm. long; tepals with light brown, rarely dark brown centre and cream, membr. margins. Capsule pale brown. 2n = 12.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Dawson, M.I. (2008)

Luzula DC.

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Edgar, E. (1966)

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Luzula banksiana E.Mey.

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

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Identification keys

Identification key

Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.

Metadata

Record id

4fcd3969-43e4-45cd-8c15-1c210cd3a6bf

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

26 June 2002

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