Poa litorosa
| Poa litorosa | |
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| Botanist Leonard Cockayne with Poa litorosa on Ewing Island, November 1907 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Poa |
| Species: | P. litorosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Poa litorosa Cheeseman, 1906
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Poa litorosa is a species of tussock grass that is native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia. The specific epithet litorosa comes from the Latin litoralis (“pertaining to the seashore”).
Description[]
Poa litorosa is a perennial grass, growing in straw-coloured, wiry tussocks up to 60 cm in height. It is closely related to Poa cita (silver tussock) of New Zealand and is native to New Zealand's Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell Islands as well as to Australia's Macquarie Island.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Poa litorosa". Flora of Australia Online (FOA Vol.50). Australian Biological Resources Study. 1993. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
Categories:
- Poa
- Flora of the Antipodes Islands
- Flora of the Auckland Islands
- Flora of the Campbell Islands
- Flora of Macquarie Island
- Grasses of New Zealand
- Poales of Australia
- Plants described in 1906
- Pooideae stubs