Chionochloa Zotov (Gramineae) in New Zealand

Abstract

The Australasian genus Chionochloa Zotov Is revised for New Zealand; all 22 species are endemic including the one species on the subantarctlc islands. One new species, ten new subspecies, one new variety, and one new form are described; C. pungens of Stewart I. is submerged in C. crassiuscula; C. Xelata is given the status of a hybrid. Natural hybrids are reported, and 35 interspecific combinations are described.

Keywords:

• grass
• Chionochloa
• New Zealand
• key
• taxonomy
• new species C. vireta
• new subspecies C. crassiuscula ssp. directa, ssp. torta, C. flavescens ssp. brevis, ssp. hirta, ssp. lupeola, C. pallens ssp. cadens, ssp. pilosa, C. rigida ssp. amara, C. rubra ssp. cuprea, ssp. occulta
• new variety C. rubra var. inermis
• new form C. flavicans forma temata
• interspecific hybrids
• triterpene methyl ethers

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Notes on contributors

H.E. Connor

Formerly Miss E. L. Hellaby Indigenous Grasslands Research Fellow.