Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
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Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau (1879)
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Nomenclature
(Hook.f.) Buchenau
Hook.f.
Buchenau
1879
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Marsippospermum gracile
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Descriptions
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Densely tufted. Rhizome c. 5 mm. diam., us. horizontal in plants from South Id, and ascending in plants from Auckland and Campbell Is. Stems (8)–12–30–(40) cm. × c. 0.5 mm., very closely crowded on the rhizome; basal bracts , reddish brown, the upper conspicuously mucronate. Lvs ± = or much > flowering stems, slightly < 1 mm. wide, terete, rigid, striated, bright green, shining. Fl. 1.5–3 cm. long; single subtending bract inconspicuous, < 3 mm. long, membr., pale cream, tip obtuse. Tepals 6, unequal, linear-subulate, acute, pale brown with membr. margin. Stamens 6, c. ⅔ length of mature capsule; anthers much > filaments, connective apiculate. Capsule c. ½ length of tepals, linear-oblong, coriac., chestnut-brown, mucronate, dehiscing longitudinally towards the apex. Seeds c. 2.5 mm. long, oblong-elliptical, straw-coloured, shining, tails white, unequal in length.
Taxonomic concepts
Juncus hookeridis Steud.
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
Marsippospermum gracile var. novae-zelandiae (Buchanan) Buchenau
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Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
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Marsippospermum gracile (Hook.f.) Buchenau
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1 January 2000
31 March 2016