Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
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Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 421 (1906)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Nomenclature
Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1906
421
ICN
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
species
Dracophyllum sinclairii
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Erect shrub, up to c. 1m. tall; branches rather close-set, slender; branchlets very slender, ∞.Lvs thin, imbricate; sheath truncate, not or obseurely auricled, (6)-8 × (2.5)-5 mm. Lamina linear, flat, ± 65-75 × 2-3 mm., gradually narrowed into long acuminate subpungent apex. Infl. of slender spikelike 4-5-(10)-fld racemes ± 2-3 cm. long. Bracts caducous, broad-ovate, apiculate, ciliate. Fls approximate, nearly sessile; sepals broad-ovate-lanceolate, acute, thin, ciliolate, c. 4 mm. long. Corolla-tube c. 5 mm. long, subcylindric; lobes white, ovate, subacute, patent to reflexed; anthers hardly exserted. Capsule c. 3 mm. diam.
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Erect, up to 3 m. or occ. 6 m. tall; branches with blackish brown bark; branchlets slender. Lvs subcoriac., spreading to somewhat reflexed; sheath gradually narrowed into lamina ± 3·5-12.5 cm. × (3)-4-8 mm., narrowed into long acuminate apex; margins finely serrulate. Infl. of clustered 4-8-fld racemes c. 2.5-5 cm. long, terminal or subterminal on short lateral branchlets. Bracts persistent, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Sepals acute, ± ciliolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, ± = corolla-tube, which is c. 4 mm. long. Anthers included, style stout, capsule concealed by persistent sepals.
Much-branched shrub or tree up to 5 m. tall; branches rather stout, bark very dark brown; branchlets rather slender, reddish brown, lfy towards tips. Lvs thin, becoming patent. Sheath ± 10 × 6 mm., gradually narrowed to lamina or sts indistinctly shouldered. Lamina ± (4)-5-7 cm. × c. 5-6·5 mm. Racemes lax, 5-6-fld, slender, arising immediately below tufts of lvs on branchlets. Bracts thin, narrow, acuminate. Sepals acute, narrow, sparingly ciliolate. Corolla-tube c. 4 mm. long.
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
2n = 26
Taxonomic concepts
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum squarrosum sensu Hook.f. 1844
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum squarrosum sensu Hook.f.
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
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typification
Type: New Zealand. Manukau Bay (Green Bay, Manukau Bay), W. Colenso s.n. (lecto: K000844549!), designated by Oliver (1952).
Etymology
Named after Dr Andrew Sinclair (1794–1861), naval surgeon and plant collector.
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scientific name
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1 January 2000
27 January 2021