Centrolepis fascicularis
Family
Restionaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Rushes & Allied Plants
Conservation status
Not applicable
Distribution
Status uncertain. New Zealand: North Island, Waitakere Ranges. Otherwise Australian. Possibly introduced but equally may be indigenous (as a recent arrival).
Etymology
centrolepis: Pointed scale
NOTES ON TAXONOMY
Centrolepis was formerly in the family Centrolepidaceae, which was shown by Briggs et al. (2014) to be embedded within Restionaceae. Based on these findings, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group adopted an enlarged concept of Restionaceae that included Centrolepidaceae (APG IV 2016), which is followed by NZPCN.
References and further reading
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society 181: 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385.
Briggs BG, Marchant AD, Perkins AJ. 2014. Phylogeny of the restiid clade (Poales) and implications for the classification of Anarthriaceae, Centrolepidaceae and Australian Restionaceae. Taxon 63: 24–46. https://doi.org/10.12705/631.1.