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Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Glyceria R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 179 (1810)
Vernacular Name(s):
Manna grass; Sweet grass
Description
Glabrous, often tall, aquatic perennials, with creeping and rooting bases or with creeping rhizomes. Leaf-sheath often closed. Ligule membranous. Leaf-blade flat. Culm robust or slender, erect, or often decumbent and ascending. Inflorescence a ± lax panicle; rachis trigonous. Spikelets ovate to linear, florets 3-many, often closely imbricate; disarticulation above glumes and between florets. Glumes unequal or subequal, persistent, usually hyaline, 1–(3)-nerved, < lowest lemma. Lemma 5–11-nerved, broad, rounded, usually obtuse, awnless, nerves parallel, usually prominent. Palea ≈ lemma. Lodicules 2, small, ± connate, fleshy, glabrous. Stamens 3. Ovary apex glabrous; styles free. Caryopsis dorsiventrally compressed, longitudinally grooved; embryo small; hilum ± linear. Fig. 8.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 5 |
| Total | 5 |
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.
