Schoenus nitens (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. var. nitens

Details

Name scientific

Schoenus nitens (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. (1817) var. nitens

Preferred name

Schoenus nitens (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.

Taxonomy reference

Kaur, N.; Datson, P.M.; Murray, B.G. 2011: Hybridization amongst New Zealand Schoenus (Cyperaceae)? New Zealand Journal of Botany 49(4): 503–507.

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Roem. & Schult.

Original authors

R.Br.

Authors

(R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.

Year published

1817

Nomenclatural code

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Basionym

Chaetospora nitens R.Br.

Taxonomic rank

var.

Canonical form

Schoenus nitens var. nitens

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Schoenus

Species

nitens

Descriptions

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

Schoenus nitens (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult. var. nitens

Description

Culms (1)–5–25–(40) cm. long, slightly > 0.5 mm. diam. Lvs < culms. Infl. of (2)–4–∞ spikelets. Spikelets (2)–3–4–(5) mm. long. Glumes obtuse, bright chestnut-brown with green median nerve. Nut c. 1.5 mm. long, light grey-brown to red-brown.

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