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Details for: Luzula modesta |
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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 modesta Buchenau |
| Nomencl. ref. |
Buchenau In H.G.A.Engler Pflanzenr. (iv.36) 25 1906 |
| 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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Synonym(s):
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[L. australasica auct. non Steud.: H.Nordenskiöld, Bot. Not. 122: 69-89 (1969); E.Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 13: 781-802 (1975); J.M.Black, Fl. S. Australia, 3rd edn, 1: 330 (1978); A.B.Costin et al., Kosciusko Alpine Fl. 154 (1979)]. |
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| Description: |
Perennials, c. 15–35 (–80) cm tall, loosely caespitose; rhizome branched, creeping-ascending; stolons ascending. Basal leaves flat, (3–) 4–8 (–14) cm long, (1–) 2–3 (rarely to 6–7) mm wide; cauline leaves 1 (–2), 2.5–4 (–8) cm long; margins sparsely ciliate, densely papillose-serrulate; apex obtuse. Lower bract leaf-like, c. 2–4 cm long, ±erect, usually overtopping inflorescence, often subtending a slightly remote cluster; second lower bract usually similar, shorter. Inflorescence composed of (1–) 2–4 (–5) clusters; clusters subsessile, subcylindrical, 5–12-flowered, c. 6–9 mm long; proximal cluster often ±remote, with others approximated, forming an elongated lobulate head 1–2 (–3) cm long. Bracteoles ovate, scarious, ±ciliate, 1.0–1.5 mm long. Tepals ±equal, broadly lanceolate, 2.2–2.7 mm long; outer tepals acuminate; inner tepals ±acute, ±castaneous-brown; margins distinct, broad, pale to scarious. Stamens 6; anthers 0.5–0.9 mm long; filaments c. 0.3–0.5 mm long; style 0.3–0.5 mm long; stigmas c. 1.0–1.5 mm long. Capsule ±ovoid, subobtuse, ±shorter than perianth, castaneous-brown, papillose above; capsule segments 1.9–2.1 × c. 1.2–1.3 mm. Seeds oblong-ovoid, brown, 1.0–1.1 mm long, c. 0.7 mm wide; appendage 0.2–0.3 mm long. 2n=12 [12AL], fide H.Nordenskiöld, Bot. Not. 122: 72–73 (1969), as L. australasica. |
| Geography: |
Confined to the mountains of Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. Alpine and subalpine bogs, wet slopes, wet heathland or grassland. Map 136., 50. NEW SOUTH WALES: NE side of Mt Stilwell, Kosciusko Chalet, 1800–1900 m, 9 Mar 1949, C.J.F.Skottsberg 51 (S); Barrington Tops Plateau, near head of Palblue Swamp, B.G.Briggs 3172
& L.A.S.Johnson (NSW); Australian Capital Territory, N end of Bushfold Flat, W of Mt Tennent, P.Gilmour 6006 (CBG). TASMANIA: Arthur's Lake, 17 Jan 1845, R.C.Gunn 598 (CHR, NSW); Cradle Mtn, Waldheim, c. 960 m, 25 Jan 1949, O.Selling 225 (S); Breona, Rainbow Chalet, 12 Dec 1957, H.Nordenskiöld S56 (UPS); Arm River Track, L. Ayr, K.L.Wilson 8298 (HO, NSW); Pelion Plains, N of Pelion Hut, K.L.Wilson 8328 (HO, NSW). VICTORIA: Wonangatta R., near Wonangatta Stn, E.A.Chesterfield 2580 (HO, MEL, NSW). |
| Note in illustration: |
Illustrations: F.G.P.Buchenau, in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr. (iv.36) 25: 81, fig. 51 (1906); A.B.Costin et al., Kosciusko Alpine Fl. fig. 131 (1979) as L. australasica; G.J.Harden (ed.), Fl. New South Wales 4: 292 (1993); N.G.Walsh & T.J.Entwisle (eds), Fl. Victoria 2: 237, fig. 50, f–g (1994). |
| Notes: |
Distinguished from all other Australian species of Luzula by the long rhizomes and the ±oblong inflorescence which is usually much longer than wide. |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Taxon number in Juncaceae SP treatment
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89. |
| TDWG Distribution Code: |
50: NSW, TAS, VIC. |
| Type: | T: Tasmania, in feuchten moosigen subalpinen Gründen..., Mount Field, ca 1000 m, F.L.E.Diels 6242; holo: B, destroyed; icon in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr. (iv.36) 25: 80, fig. 51 (1906); neo: designated here by E.Edgar. |
| Distribution table: |
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Australia |
New South Wales |
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Tasmania |
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