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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aristida L., Sp. Pl. 82 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Aristida; Threeawn
Description
Annual or perennial tufts, usually with wiry culms and leaves either basal or mostly cauline. Ligule shortly ciliate. Leaf-blade narrow, linear, flat or rolled. Panicle contracted or open, sometimes spike-like. Spikelets 1-flowered, ☿, narrow, pedicelled; disarticulating above glumes. Glumes equal or unequal, usually 1-nerved, keeled, ± mucronate to shortly awned. Lemma 3-nerved, ± coriaceous, narrow, convolute or involute, terminating in a 3-fid awn, with or without a column. Palea « lemma, 2-nerved. Callus sharp, shortly bearded. Stamens 3, or 1. Lodicules 2 or 3. Caryopsis terete, or grooved; embryo small; hilum linear, almost = caryopsis. Fig. 18.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
