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Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.

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Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 59: 686 (1928)
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Venter, S. 2021: A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 1–205.

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New Zealand
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W.R.B.Oliv.
W.R.B.Oliv.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1928: A revision of the genus Dracophyllum. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 59: 678–714.
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Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
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Dracophyllum pronum
Describes the prostrate growth habit of the plant.
Type: New Zealand. Blimit Mountain, above Arthur’s Pass, above 6000 feet [~1828 m], 29 Jan. 1928. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (lecto: WELT 33206!; isolecto: WELT 33349!, WELT 33354!, WELT 33354 dupl.!, WELT 33359!), designated by Oliver (1952).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Dracophyllum
pronum

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Psoroma paleaceum (Fr.) Timdal & Tønsberg
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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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 pronum W.R.B.Oliv.

Prostrate to trailing rather rigid shrub, branches stiff, bark blackish; branchlets short, bark reddish brown to dark brown. Lvs not long-persistent, aggregated towards tips of branchlets; sheath 2-3-(4) × 1-2 mm., membr., rather abruptly narrowed to coriac., lamina ± 5-12 × c. 1 mm., gradually tapering from base to obtuse or subacute thickened apex; margins very minutely serrulate. Fls solitary, terminal on lateral branchlets, not hidden by lvs. Lower bracts lflike, up to c. 5 mm. long. Sepals acuminate, = corolla-tube. Corolla-tube c. 4 mm. long, subcampanulate; lobes white, ovate-oblong, 1-2 mm. long, very obtuse, reflexed. Capsule 2-2.5 mm. long.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.

2n = 26

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Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Dracophyllum Labill.
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
Venter, S. (2021)
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.

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Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
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Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
92 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
9 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
100 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
27 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
17 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
5 Link to an external page
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B.Oliv.
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Westland Land District
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typification
Type: New Zealand. Blimit Mountain, above Arthur’s Pass, above 6000 feet [~1828 m], 29 Jan. 1928. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (lecto: WELT 33206!; isolecto: WELT 33349!, WELT 33354!, WELT 33354 dupl.!, WELT 33359!), designated by Oliver (1952).
Etymology
Describes the prostrate growth habit of the plant.

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1 January 2000
15 February 2021
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