Biology:Rytidosperma nigricans

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Short description: Species of plant

Rytidosperma nigricans
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Rytidosperma
Species:
R. nigricans
Binomial name
Rytidosperma nigricans
(Petrie) Connor & Edgar

Rytidosperma nigricans is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae.[1][2] It is endemic to New Zealand and was described as Danthonia semiannularis var. nigricans in 1963 by Russian-New Zealand botanist Donald Petrie.[3]

Taxonomy

Etymology

Rytidosperma: 'wrinkled seed' from the Greek 'rhytidos' = wrinkled and 'sperma' = seed[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15521579 entry