Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Details
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 39: 434 (1907)
Nomenclature
(Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1907
434
ICN
species
Hydatella inconspicua
Classification
Descriptions
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
2n = c. 24
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Slender, 2–4 cm. high, perfectly glab. Roots ∞, comparatively thick, < 0.2 mm. diam. Lvs ∞, 0.5 mm. wide, all radical, erect, linear-filiform, colourless below and ± transparent, the upper third bright green, lamina at maturity often purple-red with a red central vein, tip acute, the base rather broader but not sheathing. Scapes c. 0.2 mm. diam., bright red below infl., at the flowering stage only 2–3 mm. high, but later lengthening when fr. is set to c. ¾ the length of the lvs, or occ. = lvs. Floral bracts 4 or occ. 2, 3 or 5, c. 3–5 mm. long, thin and membr., ovate-lanceolate, acute, with a central nerve; occ. one pair of bracts not fully developed and filiform, or one of the second pair absent, the other filiform. ♂ 2–8 to each infl., bright red; filaments comparatively stout, up to 1 cm. long at maturity, anthers c. 1 mm. long. ♀ c. 10, but occ. as many as 24 to each infl., shortly stipitate; ovary c. 0.5 × 0.4 mm., yellow-brown, with 5–10 unequal, delicate styles bunched at its top; stipe 0.5–1 mm. long, bright red at maturity. Rarely a few infls with 2–4 ♂ and 1–5 ♀. Fr. elliptic-ovoid, red-brown, apiculate with a dark tip; ind.
Taxonomic concepts
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Hydatella inconspicua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman
Metadata
188c844e-e040-4771-bbcb-2e8d8fb095ba
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
10 June 2019