Biology:Lepidosperma oldfieldii

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Lepidosperma oldfieldii
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(Fitch, 1860)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Lepidosperma
Species:
L. oldfieldii
Binomial name
Lepidosperma oldfieldii
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[2]

Lepidosperma elatius var. oldfieldii (Hook.f.) Rodway

Lepidosperma oldfieldii is a sedge (in the family Cyperaceae) that is native to Tasmania.[2] It was first described in 1860 by Joseph Hooker.[2][1]

Hooker says of the species that it is similar to L. elatius, but smaller and more slender "with a different panicle, which is very long (6-18 inches), and .... covered with fascicled chesnut-brown spikelets. ... The spikelets have a subsquarrose appearance. The edges of the culms are very scabrous, and cut severely."[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15549195 entry