Species
Rytidosperma clavatum
Etymology
Rytidosperma: wrinkled seed
clavatum: From the Latin clavatus 'club-shaped'
Common Name(s)
Bristle grass
Current Conservation Status
2012 - Not Threatened
Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB
Previous Conservation Status
2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened
Authority
Rytidosperma clavatum (Zotov) Connor et Edgar
Family
Poaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Native
RYTCLA
The
National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
Structural Class
Grasses
Synonyms
Notodanthonia clavata Zotov, Austrodanthonia clavata (Zotov) H.P.Linder
Distribution
Indigenous. North Island, Auckland and Coromandel Peninsula south. South Island, main easterly and at Westland. Chatham Island. Also recently (2002) discovered near Melbourne, Victoria, in Australia
Threats
Not Threatened
Chromosome No.
2n = 48, 72
Endemic Taxon
No
Endemic Genus
No
Endemic Family
No
Where To Buy
Not commercially available
This page last updated on 17 Jan 2014