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  1. Family: Poaceae Barnhart
    1. Genus: Anthoxanthum L.

      1. Anthoxanthum rariflorum (Hook.f.) Veldkamp

        This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. Queensland to E. Tasmania.

    [GB]
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    Flowers
    Lodicules 2. Anthers 2 (bisexual), or 3 (male). Stigmas plumose. Ovary glabrous.
    Fruits
    Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
    Distribution
    Australasia: Australia.
    Reference
    Aveneae. Fl NSW 1993.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    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

    Bibliography

    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.

    Sources

    GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    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.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. 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 2020. 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