Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

Details

Name scientific

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar (1970)

Preferred name

Schoenus caespitans Petrie

Taxonomy reference

Shepherd, L.D.; Enright, P.; Perrie, L.R. 2020: Evidence for the recognition of Schoenus caespitans as a separate species from Schoenus apogon. New Zealand Journal of Botany 59(2): 271–228.

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Edgar

Original authors

Petrie

Authors

(Petrie) Edgar

Year published

1970

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Schoenus caespitans Petrie

Taxonomic rank

var.

Canonical form

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Schoenus

Species

apogon

Descriptions

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

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

Description

2n = 8

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

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

Description

Culms 1.5–6 cm. long, < 0.5 mm. diam. Lvs = or > culms. Spikelets 3–5 mm. long, us. 1-fld, or rarely a second male fl. is produced. Glumes with a broad cream centre. Surface cells of nut smaller than in .

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

Dawson, M.I. (2008)

Schoenus L.

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

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

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

Shepherd, L.D.; Enright, P.; Perrie, L.R. (2020)

Schoenus caespitans Petrie

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar

New Zealand

Wellington Land District

Notes

Note type

editorial

Note text

The decision by NZPCN to treat S. caespitans as a species reflects its widespread syntopy with S. apoogon, morphologicaly stability, chromosomal differences (same number but differences noted using GISH), seed shape and size. But teh change in rank has not been published.

Metadata

Record id

75528af4-cf82-4663-8a97-760388897b73

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

11 August 2020

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