Corokia buddleioides A.Cunn.

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Name scientific

Corokia buddleioides A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 249 (1839)

Preferred name

Corokia buddleioides A.Cunn.

Taxonomy reference

Heenan, P.B. 2023: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: the status of four varietal names in Brachyglottis (Asteraceae), Corokia (Argophyllaceae), Mida (Nanodeaceae) and Teucridium (Labiatae). New Zealand Journal of Botany: 1–11 online. (Published online: 13 Nov 2023 online DOI:10.1080/0028825X.2023.2276282)

Linked name

Corokia buddleioides A.Cunn.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

A.Cunn.

Authors

A.Cunn.

Publication place

Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 3: 244–250.

Year published

1839

Publication page

249

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Corokia buddleioides A.Cunn.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Corokia buddleioides

Typification

Type collections: 'Margins of woods, on the shores of the Bay of Islands, Wangaroa [sic], &c.—1826, A. Cunningham.—1834, R. Cunningham'. Lectotype (designated by Allan 1961, p. 441): 1826, A. Cunningham s.n. (BM).

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Argophyllaceae

Genus

Corokia

Species

buddleioides

Subordinates

Corokia buddleioides var. linearis

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

korokio

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.

Corokia buddleioides A.Cunn.

Description

Much-branched shrub up to 3 m. or more tall; branchlets slender, not divaricate; bark dark, rough. Lvs alt., coriac., 5-15 × 1-3 cm., on stout petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina narrow- to rather broad-lanceolate, acuminate to acute. Panicles terminal and axillary, up to 5 cm. long; fls c. 7-10 mm. diam. Calyx-segs ovate-oblong, obtuse, c. 2-3 mm. long; petals bright to pale yellow, c. 5 mm. long, ovate-lanceolate-oblong, subacute. Drupes bright to dark red to black, c. 6-7 mm. long.

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