Biology:Agrostis subulata

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Short description: Species of grass

Agrostis subulata
The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 (6302947530).jpg
Plate LIII (artist Fitch)[1]

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Agrostis
Species:
A. subulata
Binomial name
Agrostis subulata

Agrostis subulata is a grass (i.e., a member of the Poaceae family), which grows only on Campbell Island[3][4] and on Antipodes Island in New Zealand.[4]

Description

Agrostis subulata is a perennial, densely tufted, clumping grass, with erect dull blue-green leaves which are taller than the spiked inflorescences.[3][4]

Habitat

It is found in herbfields, in Chionochloa antarctica grasslands and on peat covered rock ledges.[4]

Taxonomy

Agrostis subulata was first described in 1845 by Joseph Hooker in his Flora Antarctica.[3][1]

Conservation status

In both 2009 and 2012 it was deemed to be "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System,[4] and this New Zealand classification was reaffirmed in 2018 (due to its restricted range).[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hooker, J.D. (1845). "Agrostis subulata". The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross 1 (5): 95. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3011433.  Plate LIII
  2. 2.0 2.1 de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla, J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.M.; Ford, K.A. et al. (2018-05-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017". New Zealand Threat Classification Series 22: 39. OCLC 1041649797. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs22entire.pdf. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Agrostis subulata Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:386374-1. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Agrostis subulata | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=362. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q9591899 entry