Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Luzula DC.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Luzula traversii (Buchenau) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 305-306 (1925)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Luzula racemosa var. traversii Buchenau, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 133 (1890)
 Description

Grass-like, (2)–10–25–(40) cm high. Leaves ± stiff, with acicular tip, 1–5 mm wide. Inflorescence a ± drooping pyramidal head. Flowers usually 1.5–2.5 mm long. Stamens 3, (6 in ).

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Luzula traversii (Buchenau) Cheeseman
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
 Bibliography
Buchenau, F. 1890: Monographia Juncacearum. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 1–495.
Cheeseman, T.F. 1925: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Edgar, E. 1966: Luzula in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 159–184.