Poa litorosa
Poa litorosa is a species of tussock grass that is native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia. The specific epithet litorosa comes from the Latin litoralis (“pertaining to the seashore”).
| Poa litorosa | |
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| Botanist Leonard Cockayne with Poa litorosa on Ewing Island, November 1907 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Poa |
| Species: | P. litorosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Poa litorosa Cheeseman, 1906 | |
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Description
Poa litorosa is a perennial, dioecious grass, growing in straw-coloured, wiry tussocks up to 60 cm in height. It is closely related to Poa cita (silver tussock) of New Zealand and is native to New Zealand's Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell Islands as well as to Australia's Macquarie Island.[1]
References
- "Poa litorosa". Flora of Australia Online (FOA Vol.50). Australian Biological Resources Study. 1993. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
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