Raoulia parkii Buchanan

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Name scientific

Raoulia parkii Buchanan, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 355, Pl. 34, fig. 3 (1881 [1882])

Preferred name

Raoulia parkii Buchanan

Taxonomy reference

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

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Buchanan

Original authors

Buchanan

Publication place

Buchanan, J. 1882: On the alpine flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 342–356.

Year published

1881

Year on publication

1882

Publication page

355, Pl. 34, fig. 3

Orthography

Roulia parkii

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Raoulia parkii Buchanan

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Raoulia parkii

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Raoulia

Species

parkii

Descriptions

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

Raoulia parkii Buchanan

Description

Stems prostrate, creeping and rooting, branchlets erect or ascending, ± close-set. Lvs closely imbricate, spreading to recurved at tips, ± 3-5 × 2 mm., obovate-spathulate to obovate-cuneate, broadly rounded to subtruncate at apex; basal portion glab., apical densely clad in soft white to pale buff or occ. yellowish green appressed tomentum. Capitula 4-7 mm. diam.; inner phyll. ± 4-6 mm. long, membr., linear-oblong, with expanded white radiate tips. Florets 15-25, 3-4 mm. long, c. half ♀. Achenes < 1mm. long, puberulous; pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long, subflexuous, slightly thickened at tips, papillae claviform. Stylopodium distinct.

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