Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Simplicia Kirk

Scientific name record
Names_Plants record source
Is NZ relevant
This is the current name
This record has descriptions
This is indigenous

Click to collapse Details Info

Click to collapse Biostatus Info

Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

Kirk
Kirk
1897
497
ICN
Simplicia Kirk
genus
Simplicia

Click to collapse Classification Info

Simplicia

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

Simplicia Kirk

Tufted, lax-leaved perennials. Leaf-sheath rounded, uppermost sheaths ± keeled above. Ligule membranous. Leaf-blade narrow linear-lanceolate, flat. Culm often decumbent, to erect. Panicle open or contracted. Spikelets small, 1-(2)-flowered; disarticulation above glumes; rachilla prolonged. Glumes unequal, « florets, membranous, keeled; lower 1-nerved, upper 1-3-nerved. Lemma 3-nerved, sometimes with 2 additional weak nerves, chartaceous, keeled, with or without subapical mucro or awnlet. Palea similar to lemma in size and texture, keeled, 1-2-nerved. Callus glabrous. Lodicules membranous, ovate-lanceolate, often asymmetrically lobed. Stamens 3. Ovary glabrous; styles apical; stigmas plumose. Caryopsis laterally compressed, ovoid; hilum punctiform, basal.

Simplicia Kirk

Plant perennial of medium stature. Ligule membranous non-ciliate. Leaf blade narrow linear-lanceolate; epidermis without distinctive silica cells; microhairs absent; chlorenchyma diffuse. Inflorescence a panicle; spikelets pedicellate, small, 1 (occasionally 2)-flowered, laterally compressed, rachilla produced beyond floret, disarticulating above glumes. Glumes unequal, shorter than floret, 1 and 1-3-nerved, keeled. Lemma keeled, 3-nerved, occasionally with 2 additional weak nerves, chartaceous, awnless to mucronate. Palea similar, 1—2—nerved. Lodicules 2, non-ciliate Stamens 2 or 3. Ovary glabrous; styles 2, apical plumose. Fruit small (c. 1.5 mm), laterally compressed, ovoid, free; hilum punctiform, basal. Starch grains compound. Chromosomes basic number 7, medium size.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk
Simplicia Kirk

Click to collapse Historic biostatus Info

Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

Click to collapse Metadata Info

aa6ef5c4-8eb7-43e0-92ff-5d4fa255f590
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
12 December 2016
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top