Chionochloa
Chionochloa | |
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Chionochloa flavicans | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Danthonioideae |
Tribe: | Danthonieae |
Genus: | Chionochloa Zotov, 1963 |
Type species | |
Chionochloa rigida (Raoul) Zotov
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Chionochloa is a genus of tussock grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in New Zealand with one known species in New Guinea and another on Lord Howe Island (part of Australia).[1][2] Some of the species are referred to as snowgrass.[3]
Most of the species in the genus grow in clumps, some up to 1.5 m tall. Red tussock dominates the tall tussock grasslands on the volcanic mountains of the North Island of New Zealand and can also be found in areas on the northern half of the South Island. Snow tussock, of which there are several species, can be found above the tree line together with other species.[4]
- Zotov - South I
- Chionochloa antarctica (Hook.f.) Zotov - Auckland Is, Campbell I
- (Hitchc.) Conert - New Guinea
- (Buchanan) Zotov - South I
- Zotov - North I
- (Hook.f.) Zotov - North I
- (Hack. ex Cheeseman) Zotov - North + South Is
- (G.Forst.) Zotov - North + South Is
- (Kirk) Zotov - South I
- Connor - South I
- Chionochloa flavescens Zotov - North + South Is
- Chionochloa flavicans Zotov - North I
- (Vickery) Conert - North + South Is
- Chionochloa howensis S.W.L.Jacobs - Lord Howe I
- Zotov - South I
- Connor - South I
- Zotov - South I
- Connor & K.M.Lloyd - South I
- (Petrie) Zotov - South I
- (Buchanan) Zotov - South I
- Zotov - North + South Is
- Chionochloa rigida (Raoul) Zotov - South I
- Chionochloa rubra Zotov - North + South Is
- Zotov - South I
- (Petrie) Zotov - South I
- Connor - South I
- formerly included[5]
see Rytidosperma
- Chionochloa pallida - Rytidosperma pallidum
References[]
- ^ Zotov, Victor Dmitrievich 1963. Synopsis of the grass subfamily Arundinoideae in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1: 78–136
- ^ Connor, H. E. 1991. Chionochloa Zotov (Gramineae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 29: 219–282.
- ^ Orsman, H. W. (1999). The Dictionary of New Zealand English. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558347-7.
- ^ Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand , ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Chionochloa
Categories:
- Chionochloa
- Bunchgrasses of Australasia
- Grasses of New Zealand
- Poales of Australia
- Poaceae genera
- Poaceae stubs