Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Gramineae Juss.
Genus
Poa L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Poa aucklandica subsp. campbellensis (Petrie) Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 24: 467, Fig 26 (1986)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Poa kirkii var. campbellensis (Petrie) Zotov, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 73: 236 (1943)
 Description

Small tufts with close-packed culms 2–10 cm. Leaf-sheath glabrous. Ligule 0.3–1 mm. Leaf-blade 2–5 cm, stiff, inrolled. Panicle 1.5–5 cm. Spikelets 4.5–6.5 mm. Glumes unequal, elliptic-ovate, acute to subacute; lower 3–4 mm, upper 4–4.5 mm. Lemma 4–4.5 mm, elliptic-ovate, subacute to acute; midnerve occasionally very slightly excurrent. Palea 3–4 mm. Anthers 0.3–0.4 mm. 2n= 28.

[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
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Zotov, V.D. 1943: Certain Changes in the Nomenclature of New Zealand Species of Gramineae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 73: 233–238.