Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Luzula DC.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula banksiana E.Mey. (1849)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Luzula picta var. banksiana (E.Mey.) Buchenau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 147 (1890)
  • ≡ Luzula campestris var. banksiana (E.Mey.) Buchenau, Österr. Bot. Z. 5: 218 (1898)
Vernacular Name(s):
Coastal woodrush
 Description

Robust, grass-like, usually wide-leaved tufts, (3)–10–30–(40) cm high. Inflorescence usually of numerous flower-clusters. Flowers usually 2.5–3.5 mm long; tepals light brown to red-brown, rarely darker with white or cream margins. Stamens 6.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Luzula banksiana E.Mey.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)5
Total5
 Bibliography
Buchenau, F. 1890: Monographia Juncacearum. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 1–495.
Buchenau, F. 1898: Luzula campestris und Verwandte Arten. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 5
Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.