Dracophyllum acerosum Berggr.

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Name scientific

Dracophyllum acerosum Berggr., Minneskr. Kongl. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Lund 8: 15 (1877)

Preferred name

Dracophyllum acerosum Berggr.

Taxonomy reference

Venter, S. 2021: A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 1–205.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Berggr.

Original authors

Berggr.

Publication place

Berggren, S. 1877: Några nya eller ofullständigt kända Arter af Nya-Zeeländska fanerogamer. Minneskrift Utgifven af Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund 8: 1–33.

Year published

1877

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Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Dracophyllum acerosum Berggr.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Dracophyllum acerosum

Etymology

Needle-shaped, and refers to the shape of the leaves.

Typification

Type: New Zealand. Mount Torlesse, Feb. 1874. S. Berggren s.n. (holo: O!; iso: BM 577613!, CHR!, K!, S!, WELT 32864!, 32867!, 34027!).

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Dracophyllum

Species

acerosum

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Dracophyllum acerosum Berggr.

Description

Erect, strict, up to c. 2m. tall; branches slender, bark grey; branchlets very slender, ascending to spreading, bark reddish brown. Lvs ascending; sheath ciliolate, 10-(20) × 3-5 mm., narrowing to lamina by ciliolate, truncate, auricled shoulder. Lamina linear, concavo-convex, 60-80-(190) × 1-1·5 mm.; margins minutely serrate towards pungent apex. Fls solitary on short persistent peduncles towards tips of branchlets. Sepals narrow-ovate. acute to acuminate, ± = corolla-tube, margins ciliolate. Corolla-tube 5-7 mm. long, lobes c 2.5 mm. long.

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