Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Morelotia Gaudich., Voy. Uranie, Bot. (1829)
Type Taxon:
Morelotia gahniiformis Gaudich.
 Description

Infl. an erect narrow panicle. Spikelets 2-fld, only lower fl. setting fr.; uppermost internode of rhachilla elongated and curved. Glumes clearly distichous, lower ones caducous. Hypog. bristles 0. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Fr. held by the persistent stamens and clasped by the inrolled margins of the persistent upper glumes; persistent style-base not readily distinguishable externally. Culms trigonous. Lvs spirally arranged, dorsiventral, margins harshly scabrid, revolute when dry.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Morelotia Gaudich.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1829: Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Vol. 10.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.