Biology:Rytidosperma horrens

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Short description: Species of plant

Rytidosperma horrens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Rytidosperma
Species:
R. horrens
Binomial name
Rytidosperma horrens
Connor & Molloy

Rytidosperma horrens is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand and was described as Rytidosperma horrens in 2005 by New Zealand botanists Brian Molloy and Henry Connor.[2]

Taxonomy

Etymology

Rytidosperma: 'wrinkled seed' from the Greek 'rhytidos' = wrinkled and 'sperma' = seed[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q24700718 entry