New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
B98019Received 6 April 1998; accepted 5 June 1998
Zotovia and Microlaena : New Zealand Ehrhartoid
Gramineae*
E. EDGAR
Research Associate
Landcare Research
P.O. Box 69
Lincoln, New Zealand
H. E. CONNOR
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
Abstract A new generic name
Zotovia Edgar et Connor is
proposed in tribe Ehrharteae to replace the illegitimate name
Petriella
Zotov non Curzi. This endemic New Zealand genus is regarded as distinct from
Ehrharta,
Microlaena, and
Tetrarrhena, and comprises three
alpine species,
Z. acicularis,
described as new, and
Z.
colensoi and
Z. thomsonii, both as new combinations
.
Microlaena is maintained against
Ehrharta;
its four
species, already long established at that rank, are accepted. Lectotypification
is proposed for
Z. thomsonii,
Microlaena carsei, and
M.
polynoda.
Keywords grass; Gramineae, Poaceae; Ehrharteae; new genus
Zotovia; new species Z. acicularis; new combinations Z.
colensoi, Z. thomsonii; Microlaena, four species
*Part 14 of a series for Flora of New Zealand Vol. 5: Gramineae by
E. Edgar and H. E. Connor (in prep.). For Part 13 see Edgar, E. New Zealand
journal of botany 36: 539-564 (1998) on Trisetum.
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