Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
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Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 785, 974 (1961)
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Biostatus
Nomenclature
L.B.Moore
L.B.Moore
1961
785, 974
ICN
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
species
Plantago novae-zelandiae
Classification
Descriptions
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Primary root very short-lived. Stem unbranched, dying at base as it grows upward, sts several cm. long, clothed with long fine hairs; adventitious roots ∞ from amongst old lf-bases. Lvs rosulate, of firm texture, 1-4 cm. × 6-10 mm., lamina elliptic, tapering to short broad petiole; tip broad, obtuse, margin almost entire; hairs long, many-celled, rather sparse, mostly near margin, leaving midrib and whole underside of lf glab.; 2 lateral veins sts visible when pressed. Scapes up to 8 cm. long, terete, thinly pilose. Spike < 1 cm. long, with 4-8 crowded fls. Bracts 2.5-3 mm. long, broad at base, narrow above, obtuse to subacute, keel rather narrow and raised, glab.; sepals 2.5-3 mm. long, ovate, subacute to obtuse, keel occupying c. ⅓ of width, raised, glab. Corolla-tube short, lobes ovate, c. 1·5 × 1 mm.; anthers ?; ovules 4-(5?); capsule c. 3 mm. long, rounded, seeds 1-4, mostly full length of loculus.
Taxonomic concepts
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
Plantago novae-zelandiae L.B.Moore
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editorial
"... . This might suggest that two species are indeed present, but the issue needs further testing because none of the five individuals sampled in Tay et al. (2010) can be definitively identified as P. novae-zelandiae.
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13 March 2002
18 June 2012