Chionochloa

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Danthonioideae
Genus: Chionochloa
Species: C. acicularis – C. antarctica – C. australis – C. beddiei – C. bromoides – C. cheesemanii – C. conspicua – C. crassiusculus – C. defracta – C. flavescens – C. flavicans – C. frigida – C. howensis – C. juncea – C. lanea – C. macra – C. nivifera – C. oreophila – C. ovata – C. pallens – C. rigida – C. rubra – C. spiralis – C. teretifolia – C. vireta
Name

Chionochloa Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. 1: 87 (1963)

Type species: Chionochloa rigida (Raoul) Zotov, New Zealand J. Bot. 1: 96. (1963)

References

Zotov, V.D. 1963. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1: 87.
de Lange, P.J., Norton, D.A., Courtney, S.P., Heenan, P.B., Barkla, J.W., Cameron, E.K., Hitchmough, R. & Townsend, A.J. 2009. Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47(1): 61-96. DOI: 10.1080/00288250909509794 Open access Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Chionochloa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Chionochloa. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
Tropicos.org 2013. Chionochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Chionochloa. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
GBIF.

Vernacular names
English: Snow Grass, New Zealand Tussock Grasses
suomi: Lumiheinät
Māori: Hunangamoho

Chionochloa is a genus of tussock grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in New Zealand with one known species in New Guinea and another on Lord Howe Island (part of Australia).[1][2] Some of the species are referred to as snowgrass.[3]

Most of the species in the genus grow in clumps, some up to 1.5 m tall. Red tussock dominates the tall tussock grasslands on the volcanic mountains of the North Island of New Zealand and can also be found in areas on the northern half of the South Island. Snow tussock, of which there are several species, can be found above the tree line together with other species.[4]

Species[5][6]

Chionochloa acicularis Zotov - South I
Chionochloa antarctica (Hook.f.) Zotov - Auckland Is, Campbell I
Chionochloa archboldii (Hitchc.) Conert - New Guinea
Chionochloa australis (Buchanan) Zotov - South I
Chionochloa beddiei Zotov - North I
Chionochloa bromoides (Hook.f.) Zotov - North I
Chionochloa cheesemanii (Hack. ex Cheeseman) Zotov - North + South Is
Chionochloa conspicua (G.Forst.) Zotov - North + South Is
Chionochloa crassiuscula (Kirk) Zotov - South I
Chionochloa defracta Connor - South I
Chionochloa flavescens Zotov - North + South Is
Chionochloa flavicans Zotov - North I
Chionochloa frigida (Vickery) Conert - North + South Is
Chionochloa howensis S.W.L.Jacobs - Lord Howe I
Chionochloa juncea Zotov - South I
Chionochloa lanea Connor - South I
Chionochloa macra Zotov - South I
Chionochloa nivifera Connor & K.M.Lloyd - South I
Chionochloa oreophila (Petrie) Zotov - South I
Chionochloa ovata (Buchanan) Zotov - South I
Chionochloa pallens Zotov - North + South Is
Chionochloa rigida (Raoul) Zotov - South I
Chionochloa rubra Zotov - North + South Is
Chionochloa spiralis Zotov - South I
Chionochloa teretifolia (Petrie) Zotov - South I
Chionochloa vireta Connor - South I

formerly included[5]

see Rytidosperma

Chionochloa pallida - Rytidosperma pallidum

References

Zotov, Victor Dmitrievich 1963. Synopsis of the grass subfamily Arundinoideae in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1: 78–136
Connor, H. E. 1991. Chionochloa Zotov (Gramineae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 29: 219–282.
Orsman, H. W. (1999). The Dictionary of New Zealand English. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558347-7.
Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand , ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The Plant List search for Chionochloa