Garnotia cheesemanii

Garnotia cheesemanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Garnotia
Species:
G. cheesemanii
Binomial name
Garnotia cheesemanii
Hack. (1903)
Synonyms
  • Garnotia cheesemanii var. rarotongensis (Whitney) Santos (1950)
  • Garnotia rarotongensis Whitney (1937)

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.

The species is classified as Critically Endangered because of its extremely restricted range and population fragmentation.

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