Lepidosperma oldfieldii | |
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( Fitch, 1860) [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Lepidosperma |
Species: | L. oldfieldii
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Binomial name | |
Lepidosperma oldfieldii | |
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]