Hectorella Hook.f.
Details
Hectorella Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 27 (1864)
Hectorella Hook.f.
Nomenclature
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1864
27
ICN
Hectorella Hook.f.
genus
Hectorella
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Hectorella Hook.f.
Fls hermaphrodite, terminal on short lateral branches; two outer members variously interpreted as sepals or prophylls enclosing petaloid per. of 5 imbricate members; stamens 5, hypog., alternating with per. segs; filaments long and adnate to per. at base, anthers dorsifixed and extrorse; ovary unilocular, ovoid, narrowed into erect style with 2 triangular stigma lobes alternating with prophylls; ovules 4-5, on slender funicles, embryo curved. Fr. capsular but ind. Densely tufted glab. perennial cushion plants with entire lvs imbricated all round stem. Monotypic genus confined to N.Z.
Taxonomic concepts
Collections
Metadata
5942982b-626e-40d5-93d4-b8a0e0deed9f
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
6 November 2023