Biology:Garnotia cheesemanii

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Short description: Species of plant

Garnotia cheesemanii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Garnotia
Species:
G. cheesemanii
Binomial name
Garnotia cheesemanii
Hack. (1903)
Synonyms[2]
  • Garnotia cheesemanii var. rarotongensis (Whitney) Santos (1950)
  • Garnotia rarotongensis Whitney (1937)

Garnotia cheesemanii, the Rarotongan garnotia grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that is endemic to the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific.[3][4]

The species is classified as Critically Endangered because of its extremely restricted range and population fragmentation.[1]

Range and habitat

It is endemic to the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.[5] It grows on rocky well-drained substrates with sparse vegetative cover on a north-east facing basaltic cliff under the trees rata (Metrosideros collina) and pua (Fagraea berteroana), between 350 and 450 meters elevation.[1]

Taxonomy

It was described by Eduard Hackel in: Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 303. in 1903.[6][7]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15517266 entry