Luzula pumila Hook.f.

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Name scientific

Luzula pumila Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 293 (1864)

Preferred name

Luzula pumila Hook.f.

Taxonomy reference

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Linked name

Luzula pumila Hook.f. 1864

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f.

Authors

Hook.f.

Publication place

Hooker, J.D. 1867: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's Islands. Part II. Reeve, London.

Year published

1864

Publication page

293

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Luzula pumila Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Luzula pumila

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Juncaceae

Genus

Luzula

Species

pumila

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Luzula pumila Hook.f.

Description

2n = 12

Description

2n = 12

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Luzula pumila Hook.f.

Description

Compact cushions 2-6-(8) cm high. Leaves almost glabrous to quite villous. Flowering stems > leaves. Inflorescence a single 4-10-flowered cluster or with 1-2 lateral clusters. Tepals dark brown, margins silver or 0. Stamens 6, rarely 3.

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

Luzula pumila Hook.f.

Description

Compact cushion, 2–6–(8) cm. high. Lvs 1–4 cm.×0.7–1.5 mm., crowded at lower ⅓ of stem, margin almost glab. to slightly villous throughout, tips obtuse. Flowering stems us. = or > lvs when fr. is mature. Infl. a single 4–10-fld cluster, or with up to 3 closely crowded, shortly pedunculate clusters of 2–12–(20) fls. Fls 2–3 mm. long; tepals acute, us. dark brown, membr. margin very distinct or almost 0. Stamens 6, rarely 3. Capsule slightly < or c. = tepals, dark brown to almost black. 2n = 12.