- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Zoysia Willd.
Zoysia minima (Colenso) Zotov
[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial; mat forming. Stolons present. Culms 1.5-10 cm long. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades filiform; convolute; 0.5-6 cm long; 0.5-1 mm wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence comprising only a few spikelets; comprising 1-2(-3) fertile spikelets; shorter than basal leaves. Spikelets ascending; solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels cuneate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 3.5-4 mm long; falling entire.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 3.5-4 mm long; falling entire.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes one the lower absent or obscure; reaching apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma. Upper glume ovate; 3.5-4 mm long; 1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; coriaceous; without keels. Upper glume apex acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; 3.5-4 mm long; hyaline; without keel; 1 -veined. Lemma apex emarginate. Palea hyaline.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Anthers 3.
- Distribution
- Australasia: New Zealand.
- Reference
- Cynodonteae. WDC.
Native to:
New Zealand North, New Zealand South
Zoysia minima (Colenso) Zotov appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collenso, J. W. [s.n.], New Zealand | K000674259 | Yes | |||
| Collenso, J. W. [2039], New Zealand | K000674258 | Yes |
First published in Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 73: 237 (1943)
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.
- Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. 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
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. 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