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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 4: 173 (1966)
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.
Names_Fungi record source Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

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New Zealand
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Edgar
Edgar
Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.
1966
173
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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
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Luzula banksiana var. acra

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Juncaceae
Luzula
banksiana

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

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

2n = 12
Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.

Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

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.
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

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.

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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
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
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
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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1 January 2000
26 June 2002
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