Austroderia splendens
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| Austroderia splendens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Austroderia |
| Species: | A. splendens |
| Binomial name | |
| Austroderia splendens (Connor) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Austroderia splendens, the toetoe, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to New Zealand.[2]
Austroderia splendens is a grass with tall tussocks of up to 6 m (20 ft) tall. It can be distinguished from other Austroderia due to having wider, more flexible leaves,and by its leaf blade, which above the ligule is densely hairy.[3][4]
Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1971 by Henry Connor using the name Cortaderia splendens.[3] Connor identified the taxon as being distinct after discovering that some members of toetoe found near Raglan, originally thought to be Cortaderia toetoe, lacked triterpene methyl ethers.[3]
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