Rytidosperma unarede is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. The specific epithet is the Māori name unarede recorded by Raoul when the plant was first described in 1844.[1]

Rytidosperma unarede
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Rytidosperma
Species:
R. unarede
Binomial name
Rytidosperma unarede
(Raoul) Connor & Edgar (1979)[1]
Synonyms
  • Danthonia unarede Raoul (1844)[1]

Description

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It is an slender perennial tufted grass, growing to about 45 cm in height. The leaf blade grows up to 40 in length and 3.5 mm wide, or is tightly inrolled. The panicle is erect, slightly branched, 5–10 cm long and 1–2.3 cm wide.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The grass is native to New Zealand. It is also a rare inhabitant of Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea.[1] On Lord Howe it is recorded as growing in goat dung-affected soil on dry basalt.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e " Rytidosperma unarede ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  2. ^ Green, P.S. (2012). " Rytidosperma unarede ". PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Garden: Sydney. Retrieved 2014-02-03.