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Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.

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Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. New Zealand Inst. 59: 705 (1929)
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Venter, S. 2021: A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 1–205.

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New Zealand
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W.R.B.Oliv.
W.R.B.Oliv.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1929: A Revision of the Genus Dracophyllum. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59: 678–714.
1929
705
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Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
species
Dracophyllum fiordense
Named after the Fiordland area in New Zealand.
Type: New Zealand, Wilmot Pass on Wilmot Saddle, Mar. 1927. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (lecto: WELT55115!), designated by Oliver (1952).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Dracophyllum
fiordense

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

Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.

Robust, not or sparingly branched, up to c. 3 m. tall, trunk up to c. 4 cm. diam. Lvs thick, coriac., in very large clusters towards apex of stem; sheath ± 6 × 3 cm., very gradually tapering into lamina ± 6-7 dm. × 4-5 cm.; margins smooth, narrowing to acuminate apex. Panicle 10-12-(15) cm. long, arising on stem below lvs; axis stout, curved; branches 2-5 cm. long. Fls ∞, rather crowded; sepals ovate, acute, c. 2.5 mm. long; corolla-tube = sepals, lobes reflexed. Anthers exserted. Capsule 2 × 2.5 mm. (fide Oliver loc. cit. 1929, 706). In specimens seen by me up to c. 4 mm. diam.

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Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
Venter, S. (2021)
Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.

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Dracophyllum fiordense W.R.B.Oliv.
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typification
Type: New Zealand, Wilmot Pass on Wilmot Saddle, Mar. 1927. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (lecto: WELT55115!), designated by Oliver (1952).
Etymology
Named after the Fiordland area in New Zealand.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
26 January 2021
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