Bulbinella rossii (Hook.f.) Mottet

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Name scientific

Bulbinella rossii (Hook.f.) Mottet, Dict. Prat. Hort. 430 (1892–1893)

Preferred name

Bulbinella rossii (Hook.f.) Mottet

Taxonomy reference

Mabberley, D.J. 2018: A note on the chestnut vine and Séraphin Mottet’s ‘Dictionnaire Pratique d’Horticulture et Jardinage’ (1892–1899). Blumea 62: 240–244.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

(Hook.f.) Mottet

Original authors

Hook.f.

Combination authors

Mottet

Publication place

Mottet, S.J. 1892-1899: Dictionnaire pratique d’horticulture et de jardinage. Vilmorin-Andrieux etc., Paris.

Year published

1892–1893

Publication page

430

Bulbinella rossii (Hook.f.) Cheeseman (1906) 717 is a isonymMabberley, D.J. 2018: A note on the chestnut vine and Séraphin Mottet’s ‘Dictionnaire Pratique d’Horticulture et Jardinage’ (1892–1899). Blumea 62: 240–244.The binomial was published as a nomen nudum by Kirk (1891) 224.Mabberley, D.J. 2018: A note on the chestnut vine and Séraphin Mottet’s ‘Dictionnaire Pratique d’Horticulture et Jardinage’ (1892–1899). Blumea 62: 240–244.

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Chrysobactron rossii Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Bulbinella rossii

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asphodelaceae

Genus

Bulbinella

Species

rossii

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Bog lily

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Bulbinella rossii (Hook.f.) Mottet

Description

2n = 14

Description

2n = 14

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Bulbinella rossii (Hook.f.) Mottet

Description

Dioec.; plant very stout, sts 1 m. tall and to 4 cm. diam. at base. Lvs 1.5–6 cm. wide, obtuse to subacute, tips recurved; nerves slightly prominent and easily felt in living lf. Peduncle to 1 cm. diam., us. < lf-length. Raceme to 15 × 6 cm., ± cylindric; fls very ∞ and densely crowded; bracts c. = pedicels in female and conspicuous in bud, in male < pedicels; pedicels 1–2 cm. long, swollen just below fl. Fls 10–14 mm. diam.; tepals oblong-ovate, spreading in ♂, in ♀ more erect and remaining so and hardening as fr. ripens. Stamens < tepals; anthers well filled with pollen in ♂, in ♀ filaments shorter and anthers abortive. Ovary c. 2 mm. long, broad to base. Capsule to 1 cm. long, broadly ovoid, without gynophore. Seeds 4–6 mm. long, dark and narrowly winged. 2n = 14.