Myrsine brachyclada Colenso

Details

Name scientific

Myrsine brachyclada Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 478 (1889 [1890])

Preferred name

Aristotelia fruticosa Hook.f.

Taxonomy reference

Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J. 2004: Myrsine aquilonia and M. umbricola (Myrsinaceae), two new species from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42: 753–769.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Colenso

Authors

Colenso

Publication place

Colenso, W. 1890: A description of some newly-discovered Phænogamic plants, being a further contribution towards the making-known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 459–493.

Year published

1889

Year on publication

1890

Publication page

478

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Myrsine brachyclada Colenso

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Myrsine brachyclada

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Primulaceae

Genus

Myrsine

Species

brachyclada

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Myrsine brachyclada Colenso

Myrsine brachyclada Colenso

Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J. (2004)

Aristotelia fruticosa Hook.f.

Notes

Note type

editorial

Note text

Cheeseman (1906, 1925) treated this name as a synonym of Aristotelia fruticosa Hook.f.; Allan (1961), p. 335, discussed it in notes under Aristotelia fruticosa. Heenan & de Lange (2004) have been unable to locate any Colenso specimens that are referable to M. brachyclada.

Note reference

Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J. 2004: Myrsine aquilonia and M. umbricola (Myrsinaceae), two new species from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42: 753–769.

Metadata

Record id

2e46f5f0-125c-47ea-b97e-bd7845add2b9

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

25 February 2004

Date last updated

27 March 2008

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