Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Details
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 812, 972 (1961)
Nomenclature
L.B.Moore
L.B.Moore
1961
812, 972
ICN
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
species
Myosotis elderi
Myosotis elderi honours teacher, electrical engineer, and botanist Norman Lascelles Elder (1896–1974) from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, ‘who drew attention to its presence in the Tararua Range’ (Moore 1961, p. 813).
Type: mountains near Arrowtown, Lake Co. Otago, 3000–5000 feet (~900–1500 m), s. dat., Petrie s.n. (holo: WELT SP002648!†).
Classification
Descriptions
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Perennial herb with adventitious roots from bases of old rosette-lvs. Rosette-lvs us. c. 2-3 cm. × 6-10 mm., lamina obovate, longer than the winged petiole, obtuse; hairs long, ± spreading, almost or quite absent on undersurface which is always glab. in old lvs. Lateral branches decumbent, up to 6 cm. long, internodes < lvs. Stem-lvs c. 10 × 5 mm., about oblong, ± acute, often distichous; bracts smaller, narrower, acute; hairs rather long on both surfaces and fringing margin. Cymes us. simple, often < 12-fld, bracteate in lower part at least, internodes short; pedicels very short. Calyx 4-5 mm. long in fl., up to 8 mm, in fr., lobes c. 1/2 length, broad, subacute, the whole calyx evenly covered with mixed long and short spreading soft hairs. Corolla white, blue or pinkish, c. 6 mm. diam., tube c. 5 mm. long, cylindric, lobes c. 2 × 2.5 mm., broadly and bluntly rounded, overlapping at sinus, flat; filaments short, anthers > 1 mm. long, tips protruding above rather large scales; style c. 2 × calyx, stigma capitate. Nutlets dark, the few seen 1·4-2 × 0.9-1·2 mm.
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Rosette lvs, 2-3 cm long, obovate; hairs long, silky, ± spreading, few or 0 abaxially. Lateral branches decumbent, rooting from some nodes. Stem lvs < internodes, often distichous; bracts smaller, with long hairs fringing margins. Cymes simple, few-flowered, bracteate at least in lower part. Calyx evenly covered with mixed long and short spreading soft hairs. Corolla white, blue, or pinkish, c. 6 mm diam.; tube cylindric; filaments short; anther tips protruding.
Taxonomic concepts
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
Myosotis elderi L.B.Moore
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Notes
Etymology
Myosotis elderi honours teacher, electrical engineer, and botanist Norman Lascelles Elder (1896–1974) from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, ‘who drew attention to its presence in the Tararua Range’ (Moore 1961, p. 813).
typification
Type: mountains near Arrowtown, Lake Co. Otago, 3000–5000 feet (~900–1500 m), s. dat., Petrie s.n. (holo: WELT SP002648!†).
Metadata
686fd886-807c-4874-b32c-b80921c30c01
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 March 2018