Baloskion longipes

Baloskion longipes, common name dense cordrush,[1] is a dioecious perennial herb in the Restionaceae family, found in southeastern New South Wales.[5]

Baloskion longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Baloskion
Species:
B. longipes
Binomial name
Baloskion longipes
Synonyms[4]

Restio longipes L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans

It has cauline sheaths which usually have a few very short hairs on the margins. The culms are erect and about 90–150 cm high and 2–2.5 mm in diameter.

The spikelets on the lower part of the flower head are not crowded, but borne on fine branches, which may be several centimetres long. The flowering glumes are 4–6 mm long. The male spikelets are ovate and 4–8 mm long, with six tepals, three stamens and a minute pistillode. The female spikelets are ovate to elliptic and 8.5–9.3 mm long, with four tepals and two staminodes.[5]

It is found on alluvium in swamps and depressions.[5]

It was first described as Restio longipes in 1963 by Lawrie Johnson and Obed David Evans[2][6] and reassigned to the genus Baloskion in 1998 by Lawrie Johnson and Barbara Briggs.[2][3]

The specific epithet, longipes, derives from the Latin words longus meaning "long" and pes meaning "foot" or "stalk", giving an adjective which describes the plant as having a long stalk.[7]

It is listed as "vulnerable" under the EPBC Act.[1]

References
  1. "Baloskion longipes — Dense Cord-rush". www.environment.gov.au. Department of the Environment, Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. "Baloskion longipes". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. Briggs, B.G. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1998) New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 23
  4. "Baloskion longipes (L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. A. L. Quirico & B. G. Briggs. "New South Wales Flora Online: Baloskion longipes". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  6. Johnson, L.A.S. & Evans, O.D. in Anderson, R.H. (ed.) (1963) A Revision of the Restio gracilis Complex. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(4): 208, t. III, 3, fig. 1(map).
  7. plantillustrations.org: Specific epithet: longipes Retrieved 19 October 2019
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