- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus: Anthoxanthum L.
Anthoxanthum rariflorum (Hook.f.) Veldkamp
- Genus: Anthoxanthum L.
[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial. Rootstock evident. Cataphylls evident. Basal innovations extravaginal. Culms geniculately ascending, or decumbent; 60-100 cm long; wiry. Lateral branches ample. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; flat, or convolute; 10-20 cm long; 2-9 mm wide; aromatic. Leaf-blade apex acuminate; filiform.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; pyramidal; 4-10 cm long; 3-8 cm wide. Primary panicle branches branching divaricately. Panicle branches capillary; puberulous. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels puberulous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 5-5.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 5-5.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet; thinner than fertile lemma; shiny; gaping. Lower glume ovate; 2.5 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; herbaceous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Lower glume margins ciliate. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume oblate; 2.5 mm long; 0.5 length of adjacent fertile lemma; herbaceous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume margins ciliate. Upper glume apex obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Basal sterile florets similar; male; with palea; attached to and deciduous with the fertile. Lemma of lower sterile floret elliptic; 4.5-5 mm long; 1 length of fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 5 -veined; scaberulous; rough above; ciliolate on margins; obtuse; muticous. Fertile lemma ovate; 4.5-5 mm long; cartilaginous; shiny; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma surface glabrous. Lemma margins convolute; covering most of palea. Lemma apex acute. Palea elliptic; 1 -veined; 1-keeled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2. Anthers 2 (bisexual), or 3 (male). Stigmas plumose. Ovary glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
- Distribution
- Australasia: Australia.
- Reference
- Aveneae. Fl NSW 1993.
Native to:
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Anthoxanthum rariflorum (Hook.f.) Veldkamp appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter, W. [s.n.], Australia | Hierochloe rariflora | K000808883 | ||
| Baxter, W. [s.n.], Australia | Hierochloe rariflora | K000808882 | ||
| s.coll. [1467], Australia | Hierochloe rariflora | K000808881 |
First published in Blumea 30: 349 (1985)
Not accepted by
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Hierochloe rariflora.]
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Wilson, A. (ed.) (2009). Flora of Australia 44A: 1-410. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0