Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman

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Name scientific

Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 53: 425 (1921)

Preferred name

Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman

Taxonomy reference

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

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Cheeseman

Original authors

Cheeseman

Publication place

Cheeseman, T.F. 1921: New species of flowering-plants. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 53: 423–425.

Year published

1921

Publication page

425

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Colobanthus hookeri

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Genus

Colobanthus

Species

hookeri

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Colobanthus hookeri Cheeseman

Description

Plant forming compact cushion several cm. across, branches many and close, 2-3 cm. long, lfy throughout. Lvs closely imbricated, incurved towards stem, rigid and shining; sheaths mostly hidden; blades 4-5 mm. long, subulate, tapering from base to short acicular tip; border and midrib distinguishable in very young lvs when dry. Peduncles about = lvs. Fls 3-3·5 mm. long; sepals us. 5, broader than lvs, ovate-subulate, pouched at base, tapering to very short acicular tip, midrib forming flattish keel; capsule lobes about = sepals.