Hydrocotyle heteromeria A.Rich.

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Name scientific

Hydrocotyle heteromeria A.Rich. (1820)

Preferred name

Hydrocotyle heteromeria A.Rich.

Taxonomy reference

Webb, C.J. 1984: The correct name for our commonest lawn Hydrocotyle. Canterbury Botanical Society Journal 18: 70–71.

Linked name

Hydrocotyle heteromeria A.Rich.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Webb, C.J. (1984)

Nomenclature

Original authors

A.Rich.

Authors

A.Rich.

Year published

1820

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hydrocotyle heteromeria A.Rich.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Hydrocotyle heteromeria

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Hydrocotyle

Species

heteromeria

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Hydrocotyle heteromeria A.Rich.

Description

2n = 60

Description

2n = 60

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.

Hydrocotyle heteromeria A.Rich.

Description

Perennial, forming large patches; stems slender. Lvs simple, delicate, pale glossy green, glabrous, 5-20 mm diam., divided to ⅕-⅓ of radius into usually 5 segments; segments broadly oblong to obovate, each again usually 3-lobed and crenate or serrate; teeth with blunt cartilaginous points; margins flat; petiole glabrous or with a few retrorse hairs. Umbels simple, 2-10-flowered, mostly subsessile; peduncles much < lvs. Fls sessile or subsessile. Fr. glabrous, hairy or often with one mericarp hairy and the other glabrous, 1.3-1.5 × 1-1.3 mm, acute on dorsal edge; ribs slightly raised, slender.