Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
Details
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott in Hooker, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 287 (1853)
Nomenclature
Colenso ex Boott
Boott
1853
287
ICN
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
species
Uncinia caespitosa
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
2n = 88
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
Laxly caespitose. Culms (4)–10–30–(40) cm. × 0.5–1 mm., glab.; basal bracts dull dark brown or chestnut-brown. Lvs (6)–8–11 per culm, < or = culms, 2–4 mm. wide, rather stiff, often curved, yellow-green, rather flat but with midrib evident on abaxial surface, scabrid on margins and adaxial surface. Spikes (2.5)–4–7–(9) cm. long, often bracteate, subclavate, 4–5 mm. diam. in the female portion of spike, male portion more slender, us. conspicuous, c. 2 mm. diam. and ⅓―¼ the length of the whole spike; female fls (10)–20–35, almost all closely crowded, internodes 1–5 mm. long. Glumes > utricles in lower part of spike, = utricles above, deciduous, ovate or subulate, acute or acuminate, membr., greenish brown or light brown, us. striated, midrib green with 3 distinct nerves, later becoming dark brown. Utricles 5–7 × 1.5–2 mm., trigonous, broadly ovoid, green to grey-brown, dull, faintly nerved except for the prominent lateral nerves, stipe 1–1.5 mm. long, beak 1–2 mm. long.
Taxonomic concepts
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
Uncinia caespitosa Boott
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
Uncinia caespitosa Boott
Uncinia caespitosa Colenso ex Boott
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Metadata
ef8b984c-596d-4e94-81f3-7c2ac89d8c10
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 August 2015