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Details for: Luzula decipiens |
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Search restricted to Kirschner, J. et al. 2002, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6-8. Check for other Sources using this name
| Source: |
Kirschner, J. et al. 2002, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6-8. [IOPI preferred view]
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| Name: |
Luzula decipiens Edgar |
| Nomencl. ref. |
New Zealand J. Bot. vol. 13, 797. 1975. |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED |
| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): |
Familia - Juncaceae
Genus - Luzula DC.
Subgenus - Luzula subgen. Luzula DC.
Sectio - Luzula sect. Luzula
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| Description: |
Perennials with reduced stem, rhizomatous, turf-forming; rhizomes thin, branched, numerous, creeping-ascending. Leaves (2–) 3–5 (–7) cm long, (1.0–) 1.5–2.0 mm wide, narrowed to c. 0.3 mm near obtuse apex; margins smooth, sparsely hairy. Stem 0.5–1.5 cm long, scarcely (rarely, distinctly) elongating with fruit ripening. Lower bract or the uppermost leaf on the abbreviated stem leaf-like, (4–) 9–25 mm long, usually much exceeding inflorescence. Inflorescence an inconspicuous single 2–10-flowered cluster, rarely with 1–3 lateral small subclusters. Bracteoles scarious, ovate, acuminate, 0.9–1.4 (–1.8) mm long, almost entire, irregularly denticulate above. Tepals equal, glabrous, lanceolate, acuminate, usually (1.5–) 1.8–2.5 mm long; midrib reddish castaneous-brown to dark brown; margins silvery or cream-membranous, broad, distinct. Stamens 6; anthers 0.2–0.6 mm long; filaments (0.6–) 0.9–1.1 mm long; style (0.2–) 0.4–0.6 mm long; stigmas (0.9–)1.2–1.8 (–2.6) mm long. Capsule obovoid, subobtuse, pale brown, ±exceeding perianth; capsule segments (1.5–) 1.8–2.4 × 1.0–1.4 mm. Seeds ± ovoid, (0.8–) 0.9–1.1. mm long, (0.5–) 0.6–0.8 mm wide; appendage (0.2–) 0.3-0.4 (–0.5) mm long, ±fibrillate. 2n=12, fide M.I.Dawson, in schedis. |
| Geography: |
Known from numerous localities from the Volcanic Plateau, North Island, and a few collections from the Matiri Range and Otago Peninsula, South Island. Tussock grasslands, open scrub, stony river flats, often above 1000 m. Map 120. |
| Note in illustration: |
51. NEW ZEALAND North: Volcanic Plateau, Mt Tarawera, A.Grant (CHR 274280); Volcanic Plateau, Lake Moawhango, 870 m, A.D.Wilton G97/98 (CHR, PRA, 2n=12); Taupo, road on bank of Waikato R., 9 Jul 1949, A.L.Poole (CHR67615); Kaimanawa Mtns, Aorangi Stream, c. 1100 m, A.P.Druce (CHR260282). NEW ZEALAND South: South Is., Dunedin, Hooper's Inlet, 27 Aug 1961, L.B.Moore (CHR120152); NW Nelson, Matiri Range, 1000-acres Plateau, Mar 1979, A.P.Druce (CHR). |
| Notes: |
In cultivation, plants from South Island may exhibit stem elongation during fruit ripening. There have been no recent collections from Hooper's Inlet, Otago. |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Taxon number in Juncaceae SP treatment
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80. |
| TDWG Distribution Code: |
51: NZN, NZS. |
| Type: | T: New Zealand, North Island, Volcanic Plateau, Kaingaroa Plains, 8 miles SE of Rangitaiki, 2500 ft, A.P.Druce; holo: CHR249141. |
| Distribution table: |
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