Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
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Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne, New Zealand Pl. Story ed. 2, 135 (1919)
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Nomenclature
(Kirk) Cockayne
Kirk
Cockayne
1919
135
ICN
species
Anisotome acutifolia
Classification
Descriptions
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Very stout, up to c. 1·5 m. tall. stems deeply furrowed, on stocks ± 3 cm. diam.; bracts with membr. sheaths up to 8 cm. long including blunt ligules, extended into laminae up to c. 8 cm. long with deeply dissected pinnae. Lvs, basal and cauline, on petioles c. 20-30 cm. long; sheaths up to c. 6 cm. long member., with obtuse ligule. Lamina very coriac., 20-25-40 × 20-30 cm., about ovate- to deltoid-oblong in outline. Primary pinnae 6-8 rather distant but overlapping pairs, 10-15 × 5-8 cm. Secondary pinnae ± 3-5 × 1-2 cm.; tertiary up to c. 2 cm. long, deeply to rather shallowly cut into segs ± 5 mm. long tipped by bristle-points. Umbels compound, upper ones approximate, ± 4-6 cm. diam., on stout peduncles up to c. 10 cm. long. Bracts similar to lvs of stem, but smaller. Primary rays stout, unequal, (10)-15-20, ± 2-3 cm. long; involucral bracts few to 0, narrow-lanceolate, ± 1 cm. long. Secondary short, many; involucral bracts linear. Fls c. 4-5 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes minute, bluntly triangular petals white with central brown stripe, ± 2 mm. long, ovate-oblong, subacute with minute hair-process. Fr. 4-5 mm. long, > rays; mericarps deeply 5-3-ribbed, with distinct wings.
Taxonomic concepts
Aciphylla acutifolia Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
Ligusticum acutifolium Kirk
Anisotome acutifolia (Kirk) Cockayne
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1 January 2000
19 June 2012