Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.

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Name scientific

Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 34 (1786)

Preferred name

Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.

Taxonomy reference

Franklin, D.A. 1962: The Ericaceae in New Zealand (Gaultheria and Pernettya). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Botany 1: 155–173.

Linked name

Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

G.Forst.

Authors

G.Forst.

Publication place

Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.

Year published

1786

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Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Gaultheria antipoda

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Gaultheria

Species

antipoda

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.

Description

Erect, ± spreading, up to c. 2 m. tall; branchlets densely to rather sparsely clad in long setose hairs and pubescence. Lvs on slender pubescent petioles up to c. 2 mm. long. Lamina coriac., glab or nearly so, (5)-7-10-(15) × (3)-6-10-(15) mm., suborbicular to broad-oblong to subovate, obtuse to subacute, apiculate; margins ± undulate, crenulate-denticulate to serrate; teeth minutely apiculate. Uppermost lvs sts so reduced that the infl. appears racemose. Fls solitary axillary, on pubescent bracteolate pedicels. Calyx deeply cut; lobes ovate-triangular, subacute to acute; corolla urceolate, lobes triangular, recurved. Fr. dry, surrounded by enlarged, ± fleshy, white to red or purplish calyx, up to c.10mm. diam.

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

Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.

Description

2n = 22

Description

2n = 22, c. 22

Description

n = 11

Description

n = 11

Description

2n = 22

Franklin, D.A. 1962: The Ericaceae in New Zealand (Gaultheria and Pernettya). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Botany 1: 155–173.

Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.

Description

Usually an erect bushy shrub very variable in size and habit, reaching 2 metres under protection but frequently reduced to 25 cm in exposed situations. Branchlets more or less densely strigose, with or without a fine white pubescence. Leaves alternate, 8-15 × 6-12 mm, petiolate, orbicular, ovate, or elliptical, membraneous or thick, margins generally serrate, glabrous except for a fine pubescence along the upper surface of the midrib. Flowers solitary and axillary, very rarely crowded towards the tips of branch lets forming a leafy raceme. Pedicels up to 6 mm long or more, strigose and/or pubescent. Corolla seldom pubescent within. Fruit red, pink, or white, berry-like, 4-6 mm in diameter.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.

Description

Erect or rather spreading shrub, usually 0.5-2 m high; branchlets densely to rather sparsely setose, often puberulent also. Lvs alternate; petioles slender, to c. 2 mm long. Lamina (5)-7-10-(20) × (3)-6-10- (20) mm, broadly elliptic-oblong or elliptic to orbicular, coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so; margins ± undulate, crenulate-denticulate to serrate; base cuneate to rounded; apex rounded, mucronulate, sometimes ± acute. Fls solitary, axillary, but uppermost lvs sometimes so reduced that fls appear racemosely arranged; pedicels glabrate to densely hairy; bracteoles 0.7-1.5 mm long, broadly ovate. Calyx lobes 1.5-2.5 mm long, ovate-triangular, subacute to acute. Corolla ± urceolate; tube 1.5-2.5 mm long; lobes triangular. Fr. 4-6 mm diam.; calyx ± fleshy, white to red or purplish.