Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.

Details

Name scientific

Drapetes lyallii Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, (1852)

Preferred name

Kelleria lyallii (Hook.f.) Berggr.

Taxonomy reference

Heads, M.J. 1990: A revision of the genera Kelleria and Drapetes (Thymelaeaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 3: 595–652.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f.

Authors

Hook.f.

Publication place

Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.

Year published

1852

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Drapetes lyallii

Typification

Type: Lyall, 'South Island' [i.e. Stewart Is.] (K)

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Thymelaeaceae

Genus

Drapetes

Species

lyallii

Descriptions

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

Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.

Description

Plant forming small low cushions up to 10 cm. diam. Main stem short, stout, erect; branches erect or ascending, approximate; branchlets glabrate. Lvs densely imbricate, erecto-patent, 2-3 × 1 mm., ovate-triangular to ovate-oblong, subacute to acute, rounded on back, sub-membr., nerves not prominent, margins ciliate, apex penicillate. Fls solitary to 2-3 per head; scales 8, distinct. Per. tube broadly funnel-form to subcampanulate; lobes glabrate, 2-2.5 × 1·5-2 mm., ovate-oblong. Ovary ovoid, pilose at apex; fr. ovoid, 2 × 1 mm.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.

Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.

Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.

Heads, M.J. (1990)

Kelleria lyallii (Hook.f.) Berggr.

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Drapetes lyallii Hook.f.

New Zealand

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Type: Lyall, 'South Island' [i.e. Stewart Is.] (K)

Metadata

Record id

5ca655fe-895d-4137-8345-583bf5d0beee

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

13 March 2002

Date last updated

18 June 2024

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