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Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk

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Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk (1885)
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
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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Kirk
Kirk
1885
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Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
species
Dracophyllum pearsonii
Named after Joseph Pearson (1821–1901), stockman and explorer of the Waimakariri Valley.
Type: New Zealand. Stewart Island, W.L. Pearson s.n. (holo: WELT 33309!).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Dracophyllum
pearsonii

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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 pearsonii Kirk

Erect, much-branched; bark dark grey; branchlets ± 5 cm. long, ascending, densely clad in imbricate lvs. Sheath 4-(6) × 2-(4) mm., ciliolate, passing by subtruncate shoulder into stout glab. linear-subulate lamina ± 2-2.5 cm. × 0·5-1·5 mm.; margins minutely denticulate, apex pungent. Infl. of 3-6 fld racemes 12-20 mm. long, near tips of branchlets. Lower bracts lflike, up to ± 10 mm. long. Sepals ovate, acuminate, ciliolate, persistent, < corolla-tube. Corolla-tube c. 3 mm. long, ovate-triangular, acute. Capsule obovoid.

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Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
Venter, S. (2021)
Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk

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Dracophyllum pearsonii Kirk
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typification
Type: New Zealand. Stewart Island, W.L. Pearson s.n. (holo: WELT 33309!).
Etymology
Named after Joseph Pearson (1821–1901), stockman and explorer of the Waimakariri Valley.

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1 January 2000
15 February 2021
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