Shawia furfuracea (A.Rich.) Raoul

Details

Name scientific

Shawia furfuracea (A.Rich.) Raoul, Choix Pl. Nouv.-Zél. 45 (1846)

Preferred name

Shawia furfuracea (A.Rich.) Raoul

Taxonomy reference

Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. 2025: Reinstatement, broader circumscription, and infrageneric classification of Shawia (Astereae, Celmisiinae), a large woody genus endemic to Australasia. Phytoneuron 2025-49: 1–43 (online). (Published online: 11 September 2025)

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Raoul

Original authors

A.Rich.

Authors

(A.Rich.) Raoul

Publication place

Raoul, E. 1846: Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande: recueillies et décrites. Fortin Masson, Paris.

Year published

1846

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Aster furfuraceus A.Rich.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Shawia furfuracea

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Shawia

Species

furfuracea

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Olearia furfuracea (A.Rich.) Hook.f.

Description

Shrub or tree up to 5 m. tall, branchlets grooved, pubescent. Lvs 5-10 × 3-6 cm., on petioles up to 2.5 cm. long, obliquely ovate- to elliptic-oblong, coriac., glab. above when mature, clad in thin appressed brownish lustrous tomentum below, margins somewhat undulate, subentire to distantly or closely crenate-dentate. Capitula ∞ in large corymbs on rather slender pedicels, florets 8-12, ray-florets up to 5; phyll. pilose to ciliate, lanceolate- to elliptic-oblong. Achenes striate, pubescent to pilose, 2-2.5 mm. long, compressed, linear; pappus-hairs very unequal, thickened at tips, up to 5 mm. long.

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

Olearia furfuracea var. angustata Kirk

Description

Lvs oblong to elliptic-oblong, margins waved; phyll. linear-oblong, pubescent to glab. or nearly so; capitula very narrow, ray-florets c. 2, broad, disk-florets c. 3. Achenes silky-hairy.

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

Olearia furfuracea var. rubicunda Kirk

Description

Branchlets with red bark. Lvs ovate-lanceolate, seldom > 5 cm. long, subcoriac.; pedicels very slender; florets seldom > 5.

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

Olearia thomsonii Cheeseman

Description

Shrub or tree up to 5 m. tall; branchlets stout, terete, glab. or nearly so. Lvs 7-16 × 3-5 cm. including petiole up to 5 cm. long, oblong- to elliptic-ovate, parallel-sided, cuneately narrowed to base, subcoriac., entire or obscurely sinuate-dentate, glab. above when mature, clad in thin appressed silvery tomentum below. Capitula ∞, on slender pedicels up to 1·5 cm. long, in large corymbs. Phyll. in 4-5 series, tomentose on back, lower ovate, upper lanceolate; florets 12-20. Achenes 1·5-2 mm., ± obovate, clad in subappressed hairs; pappus cop., hairs unequal, up to ± 5 mm. long, white, rigid, finely barbellate.

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

Olearia townsonii Cheeseman

Description

Shrub or tree up to 5 m. tall; branchlets rather stout, grooved, densely clad in yellowish brown tomentum. Lvs 5-10 × 2-3·5 cm. including petiole up to 3 cm. long, somewhat obliquely narrow elliptic-oblong, coriac., glab. above when mature, clad in dense smooth yellowish white tomentum below, margins slightly sinuate or undulate. Capitula 8-9 mm. long, ∞, on long slender pedicels in large corymbs; phyll. in 3-4 series, outer ovate, inner elliptic-oblong, ± pilose; florets 10-15. Achenes deeply grooved, pilose with spreading hairs; pappus-hairs subequal.

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

Olearia furfuracea (A.Rich.) Hook.f.

Description

2n = 108

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Aster furfuraceus A.Rich.

Aster furfuraceus A.Rich.

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