Garnotia cheesemanii
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
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| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = de Lange, P., Martin, T. & McCormack, G. 2014. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203457/2765773#geographic-range Garnotia cheesemanii]. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T203457A2765773. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T203457A2765773.en. Accessed 8 December 2023.
| genus = Garnotia
| species = cheesemanii
| authority = Hack. (1903)
| synonyms =
- Garnotia cheesemanii var. rarotongensis {{small|(Whitney) Santos (1950)}}
- Garnotia rarotongensis {{small|Whitney (1937)}}
| synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:403834-1 Garnotia cheesemanii Hack.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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Garnotia cheesemanii, the Rarotongan garnotia grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that is endemic to the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific.{{Cite web|title=Garnotia cheesemanii {{!}} International Plant Names Index|url=https://www.ipni.org/n/403834-1|access-date=2021-10-09|website=www.ipni.org}}{{Cite web|title=Garnotia cheesemanii SCIENTIFIC SPECIMEN › BOTANY|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_naturalsciences-object-391260|website=aucklandmuseum.com}}
The species is classified as Critically Endangered because of its extremely restricted range and population fragmentation.
Range and habitat
It is endemic to the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.{{Cite web|title=Garnotia cheesemanii Hack. maps - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/5836997/maps|access-date=2021-10-09|website=eol.org}} It grows on rocky well-drained substrates with sparse vegetative cover on a north-east facing basaltic cliff under the trees rata (Metrosideros collina) and pua (Fagraea berteroana), between 350 and 450 meters elevation.
Taxonomy
It was described by Eduard Hackel in: Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 6: 303. in 1903.{{Cite web|title=Garnotia cheesemanii Hack.|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5672761|access-date=2021-10-09|website=www.gbif.org|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Syntype of Garnotia cheesemanii Hack. [family POACEAE] on JSTOR |url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.ak98614 |access-date=2021-10-09 |website=plants.jstor.org }}
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Category:Taxa named by Eduard Hackel
Category:Endemic flora of the Cook Islands
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