Luzula leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie

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Name scientific

Luzula leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie in Buchenau, Österr. Bot. Z. 5: 214, t. 7, f. 7-12 (1898)

Preferred name

Luzula leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie

Taxonomy reference

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

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Buchenau & Petrie

Authors

Buchenau & Petrie

Publication place

Buchenau, F. 1898: Luzula campestris und Verwandte Arten. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 5

Year published

1898

Publication page

214, t. 7, f. 7-12

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Luzula leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Luzula leptophylla

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Juncaceae

Genus

Luzula

Species

leptophylla

Descriptions

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

Luzula leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie

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 leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie

Description

Very slender stoloniferous grass-like, 4-8- (12) cm high. Leaves < 0.5 mm wide. Inflorescence usually a single 4-6-flowered head. Flowers < 2 mm long; tepals dark brown at centre with broad silver margins. Stamens 3, occasionally 6.

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

Luzula leptophylla Buchenau & Petrie

Description

Grass-like, very slender, stoloniferous. Lvs < 0.5 mm. wide, almost filiform, margins occ. incurved, almost glab., tips obtuse. Flowering stems 4–8–(12) cm. long, c. 0.5 mm. wide. Infl. 4–6–(12)-fld, a simple, spike-like, erect, rounded head, or composed of 2 closely compacted clusters. Fls < 2 mm. long; tepals acute, dark brown, almost black at the centre with broad, silver, membr. margins. Stamens 3. Capsule = tepals, dark brown above, green towards the base. 2n = 12.