Juncaceae
Luzula

Luzula meridionalis H.Nordensk.

First published in Bot. Not. 122: 71 (1969)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. & SE. Australia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Symon, D.E. [2836] Australia K002784289 Yes
Cunningham [s.n.] Australia K002784281 Yes
Royce, R.D. [3921] Australia K002784277 Yes
[ R. H. Ley ] [937] Australia K002784287 Yes
Stephenson [348] Australia K002784286 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] Australia K002784288 Yes
Annels, A.R.; Hearn, R.W. [ARA 5471] Australia K002784279 Yes
Ising, E.H. [s.n.] Australia K002784278 Yes
Drummond, J. [s.n.] Australia K000307620 Type Yes
Melville, R.; Hicks, A. [1176] Australia K002784290 Yes
Melville, R.; Beauglehole, C.; Finck, P.; Finck, E. [1527] Australia K002784282 Yes
Melville, R.; Cohn, M.; Parry, W.E. [1367] Australia K002784283 Yes
Wilson, K.L. [2098] Australia K002784285 Yes
Koch, M. [919] Australia K002784284 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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 Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0