Raoulia goyenii Kirk

Details

Name scientific

Raoulia goyenii Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 16: 373 (1883 [1884])

Preferred name

Raoulia goyenii Kirk

Taxonomy reference

Ward, J. M. 1982: A key, synopsis and concordance for Raoulia. Mauri Ora 10: 11–19.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Kirk

Authors

Kirk

Publication place

Kirk, T. 1884 ("1883"): Description of new Plants collected on Stewart Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 16: 371–374.

Year published

1883

Year on publication

1884

Publication page

373

Orthography

(?) Raoulia goyeni

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Raoulia goyenii Kirk

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Raoulia goyenii

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Raoulia

Species

goyenii

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Stewart Island vegetable sheep

Synonyms

Psychrophyton goyenii (Kirk) Beauverd

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Raoulia goyenii Kirk

Description

Stock and branch-bases woody; branches densely compacted, forming greenish cushions or mats up to 1 m. diam. and 20 cm. tall. Lvs densely imbricate, 3-4 × 0·5-1 mm., linear-oblong, widened and truncate at apex, 1-nerved, dorsal surface with brush of long hairs near base, glab. above; ventral surface glab. below, with brush of straight hairs at tip, exceeding and concealing lamina. Capitula 3-5 mm. diam. Inner phyll. linear, c. 2.5 mm. long, scarious on margins, obtuse to acute, tips erect, often white. Achenes < 1 mm. long, clad in stiff hairs; pappus-hairs c. 2.5 mm. long, stiff.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.