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Details for: Luzula australasica |
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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 australasica Steud. |
| Nomencl. ref. |
Syn. Pl. Glumac. vol. 2, 294. 1855. |
| 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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| Included taxa:
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Luzula australasica Steud. subsp. australasica |
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Luzula australasica subsp. dura (Edgar) M.E.Jansen |
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Synonym(s):
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L. campestris var. australasica (Steud.) Buchenau |
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| Description: |
Perennials, densely to loosely caespitose, robust; rhizome short or ascending. Leaves with obtuse apex. Lower bracts usually 1–3, to 5 cm long, erecto-patent to reflexed, longer than inflorescence. Inflorescence a single large globose to ovoid lobulate head to 1.5–2.0 cm in diam., sometimes with 1–4 clusters more distinct, shortly pedunculate. Bracteoles ovate, scarious, ±ciliate, to c. 1.5 mm long. Tepals ±equal, lanceolate, long acuminate, deep castaneous brown to pale castaneous; margins broad, whitish-scarious, distinct. Stamens 6. Capsule oblong-ovoid, subacute, shorter than perianth, usually dark castaneous-brown. Seeds ±ellipsoid. |
| Description Table: |
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Capsule usually papillose above; leaves 4–10 mm
wide, ±flat, ±flaccid, with papillose, ciliate margins;
anthers usually less than 1 mm long
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86a. subsp. australasica
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Capsule usually smooth; leaves to c. 4 mm wide,
canaliculate, stiff, with smooth, subglabrous margins; anthers
usually longer than 1 mm
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86b. subsp. dura
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| Geography: |
Confined to the mountains of Tasmania and New South Wales. Subalpine grasslands and heathlands. Two subspecies are recognized. |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Taxon number in Juncaceae SP treatment
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86. |
| Type: | T: Terre de Van-diemen, Hobarttown [Tasmania, Hobart], 1827, D. d'Urville 64a; holo: P; iso: W. |
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