Lysimachia minima (L.) U.Manns & Anderb.

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Name scientific

Lysimachia minima (L.) U.Manns & Anderb., Willdenowia 39: 52 (2009)

Preferred name

Lysimachia minima (L.) U.Manns & Anderb.

Taxonomy reference

Manns, U.; Anderberg, A.A. 2009: New combinations and names in Lysimachia (Myrsinaceae) for species of Anagallis, Pelletiera and Trientalis. Willdenowia 39: 49–54.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

(L.) U.Manns & Anderb.

Original authors

Combination authors

U.Manns & Anderb.

Publication place

Manns, U.; Anderberg, A.A. 2009: New combinations and names in Lysimachia (Myrsinaceae) for species of Anagallis, Pelletiera and Trientalis. Willdenowia 39: 49–54.

Year published

2009

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Centunculus minimus L.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Lysimachia minima

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Primulaceae

Genus

Lysimachia

Species

minima

Synonyms

Descriptions

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Anagallis minima (L.) E.H.L.Krause

Description

Annual; stems slender, 2-3 cm long, erect, forming small tufts. Lvs subsessile, 2-4 × 0.8-2 mm, eglandular, ovate or elliptic-ovate; base narrow-cuneate; apex apiculate. Fls solitary. Pedicels very short, elongating little at fruiting. Calyx 2-2.5 mm long; lobes lanceolate, acuminate; margins herbaceous and green. Corolla c. 1.5-2 mm long, white or pale pink, eglandular; lobes probably ovate and entire. Stamens very short; filaments > anthers. Capsule c. 1.5 mm diam., < calyx lobes, pinkish just before maturity; style persistent. Seeds c. 0.4 mm long, slightly reticulate, angular, oblong-ellipsoid.