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Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hierochloe R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 208 (1810)
Description
Perennials, coumarin-scented. Leaf-sheath rounded. Ligule membranous to chartaceous. Leaf-blade flat. Culm several-noded. Inflorescence a ± lax panicle. Spikelets ovate, ± laterally compressed, usually 3-flowered with the two lower florets ♂ and the upper ☿ (in N.Z.); rachilla not prolonged. Glumes subequal, ≈ florets, ovate, 1–3-nerved midnerve percurrent, keeled, chartaceous to membranous. Lemmas of ♂ florets 3–5-nerved, firmly membranous to coriaceous, acute to bilobed, margins ciliate, dorsally to subapically awned, or awn 0, callus long hairy; lemma of ☿ floret 5-nerved, cartilaginous, margins convolute and covering the palea, emarginate, glabrous to hairy above, subapically short-awned to muticous, callus glabrous. Palea of ♂ florets 2-nerved, of ☿ or ♀ floret 1–2-nerved, < lemma. Lodicules 2. Stamens 3 in ♂ florets, 2 in ☿ floret. Ovary glabrous; styles 2, free to connate at base; stigmas long, plumose. Caryopsis ± elliptic, ± laterally compressed; embryo ¼-½ caryopsis; hilum linear, basal. Fig. 11.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 6 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
| Total | 7 |
Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Schouten, Y.; Veldkamp, J. F. 1985: A revision of Anthoxanthum including Hierochloë (Gramineae) in Malesia and Thailand. Blumea 30: 319–351.
Soreng, R.J.; Peterson, P.M.; Romaschenko, K.; Davidse, G.; Zuloaga, F.O.; Judziewicz, E.J.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Davis, J.I.; Morrone, O. 2015: A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 53: 117–137.
Tkach, N.; Schneider, J.; Döring, E.; Wölk, A.; Hochbach, A.; Nissen, J.; Winterfeld, G.; Meyer, S.; Gabriel, J.; Hoffman, M.H.; Röser, M. 2020: Phylogenetic lineages and the role of hybridization as driving force of evolution in grass supertribe Poodae. Taxon 62: 234–277.
Zotov, V. D. 1973: Hierochloe R. Br. (Gramineae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 11: 561–580.
