Species

Austrostipa stipoides

Etymology

Austrostipa: From the Latin australis 'southern', and stipa 'fiber'
stipoides: like Stipa, another grass

Common Name(s)

coastal immorality grass, buggar 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

Austrostipa stipoides (Hook.f.) S.W.L. Jacobs et J. Everett

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

AUSSTI

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

Dichelachne stipoides Hook.f., Stipa stipoides (Hook.f.) Veldkamp, S. teretifolia Steud.

Distribution

Indigenous. North Island, From Te Paki to about Taranaki and Ohiwa Harbour, thence absent until the Cook Strait. South Island, Nelson only.

Threats

Not Threatened

Chromosome No.

2n = 44

Endemic Taxon

No

Endemic Genus

No

Endemic Family

No

Life Cycle and Dispersal

Florets are wind dispersed (Thorsen et al., 2009).

Where To Buy

Occasionally offered by specialist native plant nurseries.

  

References and further reading

Thorsen, M. J.; Dickinson, K. J. M.; Seddon, P. J. 2009. Seed dispersal systems in the New Zealand flora. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2009 Vol. 11 No. 4 pp. 285-309

This page last updated on 4 Dec 2014