Austrostipa stipoides (Hook. f.)
S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett. Telopea 6: 589 (1996).
Classification. (GPWG 2001) : Subfamily Pooideae. Tribe Stipeae.
Basionym and/or
Replacement Name: Dichelachne
stipoides Hook. f., Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 294, t. 66 (1853).
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: LT: Hooker s.n., New Zealand: Bay of Islands
(K). LT designated by Townrow, Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 112:
277–287 (1978).
Recent synonyms:
Stipa stipoides, Stipa. teretifolia.
Key references
(books and floras): [1878] G.Bentham, Flora Australiensis 7 (567 as Stipa.
teretifolia), [1952] C.A.Gardner, Flora of Western Australia 1 Gramineae
(174 as Stipa. teretifolia), [2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass,
Grasses of Australia, [2006] J.Jessop, G.R.M.Dashorst, F.M.James, Grasses
of South Australia (91), [2008] S.W.L.Jacobs, R.D.B.Walley &
D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South Wales (159), [2009] A.Wilson (ed.). Flora
of Australia, Vol 44A. Poaceae 2 (35).
Illustrations:
[2006] J.Jessop, G.R.M.Dashorst, F.M.James, Grasses of South Australia (91, Fig. 53), [2008] S.W.L.Jacobs,
R.D.B.Whalley & D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South Wales, 4th edn
(159), [2009]. A.Wilson (ed.), Flora of Australia 44A: Poaceae 2
(37, Fig 5).
Habit.
Perennial. Culms erect, 30–120 cm tall, wiry, 3–4 -noded. Leaf-sheaths glabrous
on surface. Ligule an eciliate membrane, 4–9 mm long, obtuse. Leaf-blades
erect, aciculate, conduplicate or involute, 20–70 cm long, 0.6–1.1 mm wide.
Leaf-blade surface indumented.
Inflorescence.
Inflorescence compound, a panicle. Panicle linear, 10–25 cm long, 2 cm wide.
Spikelets.
Spikelets pedicelled. Fertile spikelets 1-flowered, comprising 1 fertile
floret(s), without rachilla extension, lanceolate, terete, 15–21 mm long.
Glumes. Glumes
similar, thinner than fertile lemma, shiny. Lower glume lanceolate, membranous,
without keels, 3 -nerved. Upper glume lanceolate, 12–21 mm long, membranous,
without keels, 5 -nerved.
Florets.
Fertile lemma 8.5–12.5 mm long, without keel. Lemma surface indumented. Lemma
apex dentate or lobed, awned, 1 -awned. Median (principal) awn from a sinus,
20–40 mm long overall, with a twisted column. Column 10–15 mm long. Palea
without keels. Lodicules present. Anthers 3. Grain 4 mm long.
Continental
Distribution: Australasia.
Australian
Distribution: South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania.
South Australia:
Eyre Peninsula, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island,
South-eastern. New South Wales: South Coast. Victoria: East
Gippsland, Gippsland Plain, Wilsons Promontory, Wannon. Tasmania: North
West, North East, West Coast, Midlands, East Coast, South West.
Notes. Coastal areas of
southern New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and New Zealand.
