Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
Details
Nomenclature
Hamlin
Hamlin
1959
63
ICN
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
species
Uncinia aucklandica
Classification
Descriptions
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
2n = 88
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
Slender tufts, shoots < 1mm. diam. at base (including sheaths), often rather distant from an ascending rhizome < 1 mm. diam. Culms (5)–15–40 cm. long, much < 0.5 mm. diam., glab.; basal bracts dull, dark reddish brown. Lvs 4–7 per culm, ± = culms, 0.5–1 mm. wide, yellow-green, scabrid on margins and adaxial surface towards the long filiform tip. Spikes 2.5–5 cm. × 2–3 mm., occ. bracteate, female fls c. 10–20, internodes to 5 mm. long at base of spike, 1.5–2 mm. long above. Glumes = or slightly < utricles, deciduous, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, membr., pale cream or brown with a green midrib. Utricles 5–6 mm. long, slightly < 1 mm. diam., plano-convex or subtrigonous to trigonous, narrow oblong-lanceolate, light green, shining, nerved but often very faintly so on the two abaxial surfaces, us. erect when ripe, slightly narrowed to a stipe 1–1.5 mm. long, beak gradually tapered, only slightly narrower than utricle, 1–1.5 mm. long.
Taxonomic concepts
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
Uncinia aucklandica Hamlin
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Metadata
660b87ee-2099-41de-b917-fc1fb72598a3
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 August 2015