Chionochloa crassiuscula (Kirk) Zotov subsp. crassiuscula

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Name scientific

Chionochloa crassiuscula (Kirk) Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. 1: 103 (1963) subsp. crassiuscula

Preferred name

Chionochloa crassiuscula (Kirk) Zotov subsp. crassiuscula

Taxonomy reference

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

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Zotov

Original authors

Kirk

Authors

(Kirk) Zotov

Year published

1991

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Chionochloa crassiuscula (Kirk) Zotov subsp. crassiuscula

Taxonomic rank

subsp.

Canonical form

Chionochloa crassiuscula subsp. crassiuscula

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Gramineae

Genus

Chionochloa

Species

crassiuscula

Synonyms

Descriptions

Connor, H.E. 1991: Chionochloa Zotov (Gramineae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 29: 219–283.

Chionochloa crassiuscula (Kirk) Zotov subsp. crassiuscula

Description

Short, stout, robust tussocks. Sheath to 8 cm, glabrous, pale or dark brown. Ligule to 1 mm. Lamina to 30 cm × 6 mm, very coriaceous, curved, shortly tapering to very pungent apex, adaxially with abundant prickle teeth at base. Lemma to 4.5 mm; hairs dense on margin and aside central nerve, few or absent elsewhere.

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

Chionochloa crassiuscula (Kirk) Zotov subsp. crassiuscula

Description

2n = 42

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

Chionochloa crassiuscula (Kirk) Zotov subsp. crassiuscula

Description

Short, stout, robust tussocks. Leaf-sheath to 8 cm, glabrous, pale or dark brown. Ligule to 1 mm. Leaf-blade to 30 cm × 6 mm, very coriaceous, curved, shortly tapering to very pungent apex, adaxially with abundant prickle-teeth at base. Lemma to 4.5 mm; hairs dense on margin and aside central nerve, few or absent elsewhere.