Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Nassella (Trin.) É.Desv., Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6, 263 (1854)
Description
Perennial. Floret fusiform, laterally compressed. Lemma heavily silicified, with tightly overlapping margins, apex thickened, coronate or comate; awn persistent or caducous, centric or eccentric. Palea « lemma, nerveless, glabrous. Callus obtuse to bluntly acute. Lodicules 2. Stamens 1–3. Caryopsis conforming to shape of, and as long as lemma; embryo small; hilum linear.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
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