Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosurus L., Sp. Pl. 284 (1753)
 Description

Scapes us. several, nude, each with 1 minute fl.; sepals us. 5, minutely spurred at base; petals 5 or 0; stamens 5–20; achenes ∞, crowded on a long slender receptacle. Tiny annual herbs with tufted linear-spathulate lvs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Myosurus L.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 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.