Lepidosperma oldfieldii

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Lepidosperma oldfieldii
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(Fitch, 1860) [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Lepidosperma
Species:
L. oldfieldii
Binomial name
Lepidosperma oldfieldii
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [2]

Lepidosperma elatius var. oldfieldii(Hook.f.) Rodway

Lepidosperma oldfieldii is a sedge (in the family Cyperaceae) that is native to Tasmania. [2] It was first described in 1860 by Joseph Hooker. [2] [1]

Hooker says of the species that it is similar to L. elatius , but smaller and more slender "with a different panicle, which is very long (6-18 inches), and .... covered with fascicled chesnut-brown spikelets. ... The spikelets have a subsquarrose appearance. The edges of the culms are very scabrous, and cut severely." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hooker, J.D. (1860). "Lepidosperma Oldfieldii". The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae. 2 (7): 91. Plate CXLVI
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lepidosperma oldfieldii Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2020.