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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Gastridium P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 21 (1812)
Description
Annuals. Leaf-sheath rounded, slightly keeled above. Ligule membranous. Leaf-blade flat. Culm internodes glabrous. Panicle dense, spike-like, narrow-cylindric, sometimes lobed. Spikelets 1-flowered, laterally compressed, swollen and globular at base; disarticulation above glumes; rachilla very shortly prolonged. Glumes unequal, swollen, subcoriaceous and shining below, membranous and keeled above, 1-nerved. Lemma « glumes, 5-nerved, broadly elliptic, rounded, truncate, denticulate, with slender dorsal awn from upper ⅓, or awn subapical, or 0. Palea = lemma, 2-nerved. Lodicules 2, glabrous. Stamens 3. Ovary glabrous; styles free. Caryopsis slightly dorsiventrally compressed; embryo small; hilum punctiform; endosperm liquid.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812: Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie. Paris.
