Class
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Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Oreobolus R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810)
Description
Spikelets solitary, or with 1–2 lateral spikelets, 1-fld, peduncle lengthening at maturity, subtended by a lf-like bract. Fl. hermaphrodite, in the uppermost glume. Glumes 3–4, much > fls, deciduous. Hypog. scales 6, in 2 series, ± equal, ± scarious with minutely serrulate margins, remaining attached to the apex of the culm after the nut has fallen. Stamens 3. Style 3-fid, not thickened at the base, deciduous. Nut obovoid, obtuse, smooth with a star-shaped depression round the apiculate tip, or narrowed to a beak at the tip. Perennial herbs, forming dense or loose cushions. Stems densely lfy, much-branched. Lvs , rigid; lamina (at least in N.Z. spp.) broadening and bending forwards from a point a short distance above the top of the sheath; margins for the most part minutely serrulate, but teeth almost lacking from margins at middle part of lf, and ± retrorse towards base near sheath.
[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
