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Details for: Luzula alpestris |
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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 alpestris H.Nordensk. |
| Nomencl. ref. |
Bot. Not. vol. 122, 84. 1969. |
| 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, (5–) 7–10 (–19) cm tall, densely caespitose; rhizome short; stolons absent. Basal leaves narrow, canaliculate to ±involute, to c. 4–5 cm long, 1.0–1.5 (–2.0) mm wide; cauline leaf usually 1, to c. 3.5 cm long; margins sparsely papillose, sparsely ciliate (or densely at base); apex obtuse to subobtuse. Lower bract herbaceous, erect, patent or recurved, to
c. 2.5 cm long, longer than inflorescence. Inflorescence a single congested head 0.7–1.0 cm long, of 1–3 indistinct sessile 10–18-flowered clusters. Bracteoles ovate, scarious, ciliate,
c. 1 mm long. Tepals ±equal, ovate-lanceolate, c. 1.9–2.4 mm long; outer tepals acuminate; inner tepals ±acute, brown or castaneous-brown; margins broad, translucent to scarious. Stamens 6; anthers 0.4–0.6 mm long; filaments 0.6–0.8 mm long; style c. 0.2 mm long; stigmas c. 1.0 mm long. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, acute, castaneous-brown, papillose, shorter than or subequalling perianth; capsule segments 1.5–1.8 × 0.9–1.0 mm. Seeds brown, c. 1.0 mm long, 0.5–0.6 mm wide; appendage c. 0.1 mm long, fibrillate. Fig. 29. |
| Geography: |
Endemic in mountain areas of Victoria and New South Wales. Alpine and subalpine tussock grasslands and herbfields. Map 137., 50. NEW SOUTH WALES: Kosciusko Plateau, 2 km NW of Charlottes Pass, 1740 m, B.G.Briggs 4016 (K); Mt Kosciusko, east slope, 2180 m, A.M.Buchanan 10766 (HO); Merritts Ck, 1950 m, J.Thompson 959 (CANB, MEL, NSW). VICTORIA: Bogong High Plains, 0.8 km NNE Marm Point, 1740 m, H.van Rees 232 (MEL); Dargo High Plains, Lankeys Plain, 1620 m, N.G.Walsh 708 (MEL); Lankeys Plain, Dargo High Plains. Grid W 1, A.C.Beauglehole 41644 (MEL, NSW); Bogong High Plains, Henshall SYD267/24 (NSW); Mt Loch, c. 3 km NNE of Mt Hotham, Alpine National Park, K.L.Wilson 8697 & Frank (CHR, MEL, NSW). |
| Note in illustration: |
Illustrations: A.B.Costin et al., Kosciusko Alpine Fl. fig. 133 (1979); G.J.Harden (ed.), Fl. New South Wales 4: 292 (1993). |
| Notes: |
Obviously closely related to L. atrata but densely caespitose, with flowers smaller and with substantially smaller capsule segments. |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Taxon number in Juncaceae SP treatment
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90. |
| TDWG Distribution Code: |
50: NSW, VIC. |
| Type: | T: New South Wales, Bett's Ck, 9 km ENE of Mt. Kosciusko, 1750 m, 24 Jan 1957, H.Eichler 13471; holo: AD95736030; iso: CHR. |
| Distribution table: |
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