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Family
Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sasaella Makino (1929)
Description
Small with rhizomes moderately to strongly monopodially branching, often forming large stands. Culms dense or diffuse, slender, erect from the base; nodes solid; internodes terete, thick-walled. Culm-sheaths deciduous, often tardily so, concolorous. Branches 1, rarely 2–3, at nodes, concentrated in middle and lower part of culm. Oral bristles of leaf-sheath scabrid at base, smooth above. Leaf-blade prominently tessellate. Inflorescence paniculate. Spikelets 5–10. Glumes 2. Lodicules 3. Stamens 6. Stigmas 3.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Sykes, W.R. 2000: Subfamily Bamusoideae. In: Edgar, E.; Connor, H. E. Flora of New Zealand Vol. V. Gramineae. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. 19–39.
