Macrolearia angustifolia (Hook.f.) Saldivia

Details

Name scientific

Macrolearia angustifolia (Hook.f.) Saldivia in Saldivia et al., Syst. Bot. 47: 618 (2022)

Preferred name

Macrolearia angustifolia (Hook.f.) Saldivia

Taxonomy reference

Saldivia, P.; Wagstaff, S.J.; Breitwieser, I.; Orlovich, D.A.; Lord, J.M. 2022: A generic taxonomic synopsis of the Pleurophyllum clade (Asteraceae: Astereae: Celmisiinae) with the recognition of the New Zealand endemic new genus Macrolearia. Systematic Botany 47(2): 607–634.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Saldivia, P.; Wagstaff, S.J. et al. (2022)

Nomenclature

Authors

(Hook.f.) Saldivia

Original authors

Hook.f.

Combination authors

Saldivia

Publication place

Year published

2022

Publication page

618

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Macrolearia angustifolia

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Macrolearia

Species

angustifolia

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

muttonbird scrub

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.

Descriptions

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

Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.

Description

Shrub or tree up to 6 m. tall; branchlets, lvs below, and peduncles clad in soft white tomentum. Lvs 7-15 × 1-2 cm., narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, subsessile, coriac., glab. above when mature, rather finely crenate-dentate, teeth calloused. Peduncles stout, with ∞ foliaceous bracts. Capitula 3·5-5 cm. diam.; phyll. in 2 series, outer tomentose on back. Ray-florets white, disk-florets purple; achenes linear, grooved, pilose; pappus-hairs slender.