Calamagrostis lawrencei (Vickery) Govaerts (1999:10)
Lawrence's bentgrass
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Deyeuxia lawrencei Vickery in Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1: 48 (1940)
"Taxonomic uncertainty - very close to Deyeuxia quadriseta and known only from poor condition collections"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:1)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024) or taxonomically suspect (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:1)
Last record: 1831 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:1; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Tasmania (Launceston area?), Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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