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Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman

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Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 421 (1906)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Venter, S. 2021: A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 1–205.
Names_Fungi record source Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Cheeseman
Cheeseman
Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.
1906
421
ICN
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
species
Dracophyllum sinclairii
Named after Dr Andrew Sinclair (1794–1861), naval surgeon and plant collector.
Type: New Zealand. Manukau Bay (Green Bay, Manukau Bay), W. Colenso s.n. (lecto: K000844549!), designated by Oliver (1952).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Dracophyllum
sinclairii

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie

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.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.

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

Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman

2n = 26

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Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Druce, A.P. (1980)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Druce, A.P. (1993)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Eagle, A.E. (1982)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Eagle, A.P. (2006)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
Venter, S. (2021)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Dracophyllum Labill.
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Druce, A.P. (1980)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Druce, A.P. (1993)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Eagle, A.E. (1982)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Eagle, A.P. (2006)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Venter, S. (2021)
Dracophyllum squarrosum sensu Hook.f.
Dracophyllum squarrosum sensu Hook.f. 1844
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum squarrosum sensu Hook.f.
Dracophyllum squarrosum sensu Hook.f.
Venter, S. (2021)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Druce, A.P. (1980)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Rawlings, G.B. (1972)
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
Venter, S. (2021)
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman

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Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
1 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
4 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
New Zealand
2 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
50 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
127 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
26 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
6 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
2 Link to an external page

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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
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 January 2021
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