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Details for: Luzula flaccida |
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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
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Kirschner, J. et al. 2002, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6-8. [IOPI preferred view]
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| Name: |
Luzula flaccida (Buchenau) Edgar |
| Nomencl. ref. |
New Zealand J. Bot. vol. 13, 786. 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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| Basionym: |
Luzula campestris var. flaccida Buchenau |
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Synonym(s):
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Luzula campestris var. flaccida Buchenau |
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Luzula meridionalis var. flaccida (Buchenau) H.Nordensk. |
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| Description: |
Perennials 12–40 cm tall, caespitose; rhizome short; stolons absent. Basal leaves 5–11 (–15) cm long, 2.5–3.5 (–6.0) mm wide, soft; cauline leaves 2–3, c. 3.5–7 cm long; margins sparsely to moderately ciliate, usually papillose-serrulate; apex obtuse. Lower bract herbaceous,
c. 1.5–6.0 cm long, shorter to longer than inflorescence. Inflorescence variable, either of subsessile clusters only or of 1–3 subsessile and 2–5 (–10) pedunculate clusters; clusters hemispherical to subglobose, c. 5–12-flowered, 5–7 mm in diam.; peduncles straight, ±erecto-patent, distally papillose, rarely ±smooth, 0.5–1.5 (–3.0) cm long, often abbreviated. Bracteoles ovate, scarious, c. 1.5 mm long, sparsely ciliate. Tepals subequal (inner ones often ±shorter), ±lanceolate, acuminate, (2.0–) 2.5–3.0 (–3.5) mm long, dark brown to pale castaneous-brown; margins distinct, broad, whitish-scarious. Stamens 6; anthers 0.3–1.5 mm long; filaments 0.4–0.9 mm long; style 0.5 (–8) mm long; stigmas c. 1.2–1.5 mm long. Capsule oblong-ovoid, subobtuse, pale brown, sometimes reddish, usually papillose near top, subequalling perianth; capsule segments 2.2–2.5 × 1.3–1.5 mm long. Seeds ovoid-ellipsoid, 1.1–1.2 mm long, 0.7–0.9 mm wide; appendage 0.5–0.6 mm long. 2n=12, [12AL], fide H.Nordenskiöld, Bot. Not. 122: 72–73 (1969). Fig. 28. |
| Geography: |
Endemic in Australia where it is common in the southeast, and Tasmania. Introduced in New Zealand. Moist grassy slopes, Eucalyptus woodlands, road banks, and forest fringe communities. Map 130., 50. NEW SOUTH WALES: Snowy Mtns, Boggy Plain, c. 1650 m, H.Nordenskiöld S34 (CANB, UPS); S Tablelands, Tallaganda Shire, Majors Ck, c. 700 m, L.G.Adams 1967 (CANB, K); Australian Capital Territory, Wark's Road, Bull's Head, H.Nordenskiöld, N.T.Burbidge & M.Gray 4373 (UPS). QUEENSLAND: Moreton District, Mt Cordeaux, 6 Nov. 1949, C.T.White (BRI). SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
3 km SE of Carey Gully, Southern Lofty region, R.Bates 25004 (AD). TASMANIA: Hunter Islands, 1889, E.D.Atkinson (W); SE end of Monarch Flats, c. 2 km NW of Mt Cameron, A.Moscal 4146 (HO, AD). VICTORIA: Mt Gill Groggin, D.E.Albrecht 308 (MEL, NSW, CBG); Wallaby Rocks area, S of Geranium Springs, Grampians, A.C.Beauglehole 17421 (NSW, MEL); Gabo Island, A.C.Beauglehole 31545 (NSW, MEL). |
| Note in illustration: |
Illustration: G.J.Harden (ed.), Fl. New South Wales 4: 291 (1993). |
| Notes: |
A very variable species with two extremes linked by numerous intermediates. There are plants with short anthers with fewer, larger flower heads, and plants with numerous heads and long anthers. The seeds are also more variable than in related species. The nature of this variation requires further study., In several works of F.G.P.Buchenau, a Luzula of the section Luzula collected by Atkinson was reported to occur in Fiji. The record is based on a plant collected on Hunter Islands,
N Tasmania and correctly identified as L. campestris var. flaccida (= L. flaccida). No Luzula is known to occur in Fiji. |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Taxon number in Juncaceae SP treatment
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84. |
| TDWG Distribution Code: |
50: NSW, QLD, SOA, TAS, VIC. 51: nzs. |
| Type: | T: Tasmania, Meander R., Jan 1848; C.Stuart 221; lecto: MEL10621, fide H.Nordenskiöld, Bot. Not. 122: 76 (1969). |
| Distribution table: |
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New South Wales |
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Queensland |
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South Australia |
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Tasmania |
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New Zealand |
New Zealand South |
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