Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
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Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 156 (1864)
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
Biostatus
Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Nomenclature
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1864
156
ICN
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
species
Haastia pulvinaris
The specific epithet pulvinaris is derived from Latin, meaning ‘of or belonging to a cushion’, referring to the cushion-forming growth habit of this species.
Lectotype. NEW ZEALAND, South Island, Kaikoura Mtns, A. Sinclair s.n., 1860 (K000844044)
Classification
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Descriptions
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
Plant forming rounded masses up to 2 m. diam.; branchlets with lvs c. 2 cm. diam., very densely compacted. Lvs c. 8-10 × 6-10 mm.; tip thickened and crenulate and concealed by dense brush of long tangled slightly fulvous hairs, both surfaces or abaxial only clad in long hairs; veins 3-15, anastomosing above. Receptacle flat or slightly convex, c. 5 mm. diam. Phyll. linear, obtuse to acute, glab. except at tips. Achenes compressed, linear, c. 2 mm. long. Pappus-hairs flattened at base, up to 9 mm. long.
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
2n = 60
Taxonomic concepts
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f. var. pulvinaris
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f. var. pulvinaris
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f. var. pulvinaris
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f. var. pulvinaris
Haastia pulvinaris Hook.f.
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typification
Lectotype. NEW ZEALAND, South Island, Kaikoura Mtns, A. Sinclair s.n., 1860 (K000844044)
Etymology
The specific epithet pulvinaris is derived from Latin, meaning ‘of or belonging to a cushion’, referring to the cushion-forming growth habit of this species.
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scientific name
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1 January 2000
21 May 2024