Gaultheria crassa Allan
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Gaultheria crassa Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 508 (1961)
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Nomenclature
Allan
Allan
1961
508
ICN
Gaultheria crassa Allan
species
Gaultheria crassa
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Gaultheria crassa Allan
Stout, much-branched, up to c. 1 m. tall, dwarfed at the higher altitudes; branchlets with sparse setose hairs. Lvs on stout petioles ± 1 mm. long; lamina very thick and coriac., subrigid, brownish green; 10-15-(20) × 5-7-(10) mm., us. shallowly concavo-convex, us. apiculate; margins finely crenulate-serrulate. Racemes up to ± 4 cm. long with pubescent axis and pedicels, terminal and subterminal, simple or forming panicles. Pedicels up to c. 5 mm. long; bracteoles oblong- to triangular-ovate, subacute, c. 2 mm. long. Calyx deeply cut; lobes triangular-ovate,± 2.5 mm. long, ± denticulate. Corolla pubescent within; tube urceolate, ± 3·5 mm. long; lobes triangular, obtuse, recurved; style cylindric, c. 2 mm. long; filaments c. 1·5 mm. long, widened near base, then abruptly narrowed to insertion; anther-cells with 2 distinct awns. Capsule ± 2 mm. diam., loosely invested by persistent dry calyx.
Gaultheria crassa Allan
n = 11
n = 11
Gaultheria crassa Allan
An erect or scrambling shrub up to 1.5 metres high. Branchlets more or less strigose, with or without a sparse pubescence. Leaves alternate, 10-20 × 6-12 mm, petiolate, oblong-elliptical, elliptical, or elliptical-orbicular, extremely thick, apex acute but not mucronate, margins bluntly serrulate or crenulate, teeth armed with bristles in the growing leaf, but bristles deciduous, making teeth appear rounded, upper surface with or without a sparse pubescence along the midrib, lower surface completely glabrous, veins very conspicuous. Inflorescence of axillary racemes, sometimes crowded together at the ends of branches. Peduncle and pedicels sparsely pubescent. Corolla pubescent within.
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Stout, much-branched shrub, to c. 1 m tall, dwarfed at higher altitudes; branchlets with sparse setose hairs. Lvs alternate; petioles very short, stout. Lamina 7-15-(25) × 5-7-(10) mm, narrow- to broad- elliptic or suborbicular, very thick and coriaceous, usually shallowly concave above; margins finely crenulate-serrulate; base ± rounded; apex rounded to acute or apiculate. Racemes to ± 4 cm long, with hairy axes, terminal and subterminal, simple or sometimes forming panicles; pedicels to c. 5 mm long, glabrous or puberulent; bracteoles oblong to triangular-ovate, subacute, c. 2 mm long. Calyx lobes triangular-ovate, 2.5-3 mm long, acute or short-acuminate. Corolla urceolate; tube c. 3.5 mm long; lobes triangular, obtuse. Capsule c. 2 mm diam., loosely invested by persistent dry calyx.
Taxonomic concepts
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Gaultheria rupestris var. humilis G.Simpson
Gaultheria crassa Allan
Gaultheria rupestris var. parvifolia Hook.f.
Gaultheria crassa Allan
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202b9119-b2a2-4bd3-a0dd-f5a00e3c16e2
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1 January 2000
26 January 2006