Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Details

Name scientific

Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 133, t. 67 (1776)

Preferred name

Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Taxonomy reference

Gardner, R.O.; de Lange, P.J. 2002: Revision of Pennantia (Icacinaceae), a small isolated genus of Southern Hemisphere trees. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32: 669–695.

Linked name

Pennantia

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Authors

J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Publication place

Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.

Year published

1776

Publication page

133, t. 67

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Type taxon

Pennantia corymbosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Pennantia

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Pennantiaceae

Genus

Pennantia

Subordinates

Synonyms

Plectomirtha W.R.B.Oliv.

Descriptions

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

Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Description

Dioec. to polygamous shrubs or trees with fls in terminal panicles. Calyx minute; petals white, glab.; stamens 5, filaments filiform. Ovary 1-celled, ovule solitary. Drupe small; stone obtusely trigonous. A small genus occurring in N.Z., Australia, Norfolk Id; the N.Z. sp. endemic.

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

Plectomirtha W.R.B.Oliv.

Description

"Tree. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers hermaphrodite, in panicles usually below the terminal leaves but sometimes terminal, bracts minute. Calyx disc-like, with 5 minute points opposite the stamens. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals, filaments folded in the unopened flower. Ovary one-celled, ovule single, suspended from the top. Stigmas 3, sessile, united, forming a broad, flat disc."

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