New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract

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B98008
Received 2 February 1998; accepted 28 April 1998

Trisetum Pers. (Gramineae: Aveneae) in New Zealand^*

E. EDGAR

Landcare Research
P.O. Box 69
Lincoln, New Zealand

Abstract  Trisetum Pers. (tribe Aveneae) is revised for New Zealand. Nine indigenous species are recognised; eight are endemic, and T. spicatum occurs in alpine regions of both hemispheres. Four species, T. arduanum, T. drucei, T. lepidum, and T. serpentinum, are described as new, and T. antacticum var. lasiorhachis is raised to specific rank as T. lasiorhachis.

Keywords  grass; Trisetum; Poaceae; Gramineae; Aveneae; New Zealand; key; taxonomy; new species Trisetum arduanum, T. drucei, T. lepidum, T. serpentinum; new combination T. lasiorhachis

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