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Lepturus repens

Matie (AT)

Lepturus Grass

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Lepturus Grass

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Matie (AT), Mauku (TS TW), Vayavaya (PK NS)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Sri Lanka - Malesia - Australia - e.Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Land

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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P
+
PW

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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P
P
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P
P

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Scientific Taxonomy

Lepturus repens (G.Forster)
SYNONYMS: Rottboellia repens

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); LILIOPSIDA (=Monocotyledones); COMMELINIDAE; Cyperales; POACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Lepturus repens.

References:
p.1560 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.1/313 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.306 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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