| Source: |
Kirschner, J. et al. 2002, Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6-8. [IOPI preferred view]
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| Name: |
Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC. |
| Nomencl. ref. |
DC. In J.B.A.P. de M. de Lamarck & A.P. de Candolle Syn. Pl. Fl. Gal. 150 1806 |
| Rank: |
Species |
| Status: |
ACCEPTED |
| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): |
Familia - Juncaceae
Genus - Luzula DC.
Subgenus - Luzula subgen. Pterodes (Griseb.) Buchenau
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| Included taxa:
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Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC. subsp. forsteri |
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Luzula forsteri subsp. caspica (Rupr. ex Bordz.) Novikov |
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Luzula forsteri subsp. rhizomata (Ebinger) Z.Kaplan |
| Basionym: |
Luciola forsteri (Sm.) Sm. |
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Synonym(s):
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Juncoides forsteri (Sm.) Kuntze |
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Luciola forsteri (Sm.) Sm. |
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Luzula gesneri Bubani |
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Nemorinia forsteri (Sm.) Fourr. |
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Pterodes forsteri (Griseb.) Börner |
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Luzula vernalis subsp. forsteri (Sm.) Bonnier & Layens |
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Juncus forsteri Sm., Fl. Brit. 3: 1395 (1804);& Engl. Bot. 18: t. 1293 (1804) |
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| Description: |
Perennial, 10–41 cm tall, glabrous or locally sparsely pubescent, caespitose to rhizomatous, with rhizomes to 9 cm long. Stem with numerous basal and 2–3 cauline flat leaves; basal leaves 4–25 cm × 1.5–7 mm; basal sheaths reddish–brown; cauline leaves 3.5–14 cm × 1.5–3 mm, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, rarely even conspicuously pubescent at margins, with a short mucronate projection on callose tip. Inflorescence terminal, compound; secondary/primary pedicels ratio 0.3–1.9(–2.8); primary pedicels 4–11, erect to slightly spreading; flowers borne singly on primary or secondary pedicels. Basal bract to 5.5 cm long, shorter than or seldom equalling inflorescence. Bracteoles 1.3–3.1 mm long. Tepals equal, 3.2–5.4 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate to mucronate, entire to rarely crenulate at apex, light brown to blackish castaneous brown with hyaline margins. Stamens 6; anthers 0.6–1.9 mm long, shorter or equalling to longer than filaments; anther/filament ratio 0.6–4.8; style 1–1.6 mm long; stigmas 2.2–4.2 mm long, ± persistent. Capsule ovoid, acute to acuminate, shorter to equalling or sometimes slightly exceeding tepals, light brown to stramineous. Seeds ellipsoid or rarely subglobose, 1.1–1.8 × 1.0–1.4 mm, with apical appendages 0.3–1.1(–1.3) mm long; seed/appendage ratio 1.1–4.7. |
| Description Table: |
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1 All basal leaves
conspicuously broad, 3–7 mm wide
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108c. subsp. caspica
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1: Basal leaves narrow, 1.5–4
mm wide, rarely with some up to 5 mm wide
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2 Plants caespitose;
rhizomes mostly absent or rarely present, very short; tepals
3.2–4.1 mm long; anthers 0.6–1.2 mm long;
anther/filament ratio 0.7–2.2
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108a. subsp. forsteri
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2: Plants rhizomatous;
rhizomes present, usually 1–5 cm long, occasionally up to 9
cm long; tepals 3.8–5.4 mm long; anthers 0.9–1.9 mm
long; anther/filament ratio mostly 1.2–4.8
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108b. subsp. rhizomata
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| Geography: |
S and W Europe, N to Belgium and E to Crimea; NW Africa; Macaronesia; SW Asia. An extremely variable species. Three subspecies are recognized. |
| Note in illustration: |
Map: H.Meusel, E.Jäger & E.Weinert, Vergl. Chorol. Zentraleur. Fl. 1: 86 (1965). |
| SourceHigherTaxon from IOPI: |
Juncaceae |
| Taxon number in Juncaceae SP treatment
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108. |
| Type: | T: [England:] between Hoghill and Collier row in Hainhault forest, Essex, Jun 1803, E.Forster; lecto: LINN-SMITH [Luciola 3/1], fide S.Snogerup, in P.H.Davis, Fl. Turk. 9: 27 (1986), as ‘holo’; [further authentic material: S]. |
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