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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

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Edgar
Edgar
1966
173
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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
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Luzula banksiana var. acra

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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.

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
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar

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Luzula banksiana var. acra Edgar
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1 January 2000
26 June 2002
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