Walwhalleya pungens K.E. Wills & J.J.
Bruhl. Aust. Syst. Bot. 19: 327 (2006).
Classification.
(GPWG 2001) : Subfamily Panicoideae. Paniceae.
Basionym and/or
Replacement Name: Whalleya
pungens Wills & J. Bruhl, Austral. Syst. Bot. 13: 463–465, f. 1,
2c (2000).
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: Australia:
New South Wales: Woodsreef [precise locality
withheld], 11 Dec 1995, K.W. Wills, J.J. Bruhl, R.D.B. Whalley & J.R.
Hosking 100e (HT: NSW; IT: BRI, CANB, K, MEL, NE).
Key references
(books and floras): [2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass, Grasses of
Australia,
[2008] S.W.L.Jacobs, R.D.B.Walley & D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South
Wales (400).
Illustrations:
[2008] S.W.L.Jacobs, R.D.B.Whalley & D.J.B.Wheeler, Grasses of New South
Wales, 4th edn (400).
Habit.
Perennial. Stolons present. Culms 20–40 cm tall. Lateral branches branched.
Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane, 0.7–1.9 mm long.
Leaf-blades involute, 3.5–6.5 cm long, 1.9–3 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface
scabrous.
Inflorescence.
Inflorescence compound, a panicle. Panicle 9–20 cm long.
Spikelets.
Fertile spikelets 2-flowered, the lower floret barren (rarely male), the upper
fertile, comprising 1 fertile floret(s), elliptic, dorsally compressed, 3–3.7
mm long.
Glumes. Lower
glume elliptic, 3–5(–7) -nerved. Upper glume lanceolate, 2.9–3.5 mm long, 7–9
-nerved. Florets. Basal sterile florets 1. Lemma of lower sterile floret
7(–9) -nerved.
Fertile lemma 2.5–2.9
mm long. Lemma apex muticous or mucronate.
Continental
Distribution: Australasia.
Australian
Distribution: New South Wales.
New South Wales: North-Western
Slopes.
Notes.
Currently known from the serpentine ridge S of Bingara, and near the old
asbestos mine at Woodsreef, 60 km S of Bingara, N.S.W. Flowers Oct.
