Poa aucklandica subsp. campbellensis (Petrie) Edgar

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Name scientific

Poa aucklandica subsp. campbellensis (Petrie) Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 24: 467, Fig 26 (1986)

Preferred name

Poa aucklandica subsp. campbellensis (Petrie) Edgar

Taxonomy reference

Edgar, E. 1986: Poa L. in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 24: 425–503.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

(Petrie) Edgar

Original authors

Petrie

Combination authors

Edgar

Publication place

Edgar, E. 1986: Poa L. in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 24: 425–503.

Year published

1986

Publication page

467, Fig 26

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

subsp.

Canonical form

Poa aucklandica subsp. campbellensis

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Gramineae

Genus

Poa

Species

aucklandica

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Poa aucklandica subsp. campbellensis (Petrie) Edgar

Description

2n = 28

Edgar, E. 1986: Poa L. in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 24: 425–503.

Poa aucklandica subsp. campbellensis (Petrie) Edgar

Description

Small tufts with close-packed culms 2-10 cm tall. Leaves stiff, inrolled; sheaths smooth; ligule 0.3- 1 mm long; lamina 2-5 cm long. Panicle 1.5-5 cm long. Spikelets 4.5-6.5 mm long. Glumes unequal, elliptic-ovate, acute to subacute; lower glume 3- 4 mm long, upper 4-4.5 mm long. Lemma 4- 4.5 mm long, elliptic-ovate, subacute to acute, occasionally with midnerve very slightly excurrent. Palea 3-4 mm long. Anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long. 2n = 28 (recorded as P. aucklandica).

Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. 2000: Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.

Poa aucklandica subsp. campbellensis (Petrie) Edgar

Description

Small tufts with close-packed culms 2-10 cm. Leaf-sheath glabrous. Ligule 0.3-1 mm. Leaf-blade 2-5 cm, stiff, inrolled. Panicle 1.5-5 cm. Spikelets 4.5-6.5 mm. Glumes unequal, elliptic-ovate, acute to subacute; lower 3-4 mm, upper 4-4.5 mm. Lemma 4-4.5 mm, elliptic-ovate, subacute to acute; midnerve occasionally very slightly excurrent. Palea 3-4 mm. Anthers 0.3-0.4 mm. 2n= 28.