Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Details

Name scientific

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 269 (1899)

Preferred name

Shawia rani (A.Cunn.) Saldivia & Nicol

Taxonomy reference

Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. 2025: Reinstatement, broader circumscription, and infrageneric classification of Shawia (Astereae, Celmisiinae), a large woody genus endemic to Australasia. Phytoneuron 2025-49: 1–43 (online). (Published online: 11 September 2025)

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Kirk

Original authors

Colenso

Authors

(Colenso) Kirk

Publication place

Kirk,T. 1899: The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands. Government Printer, Wellington, N.Z.

Year published

1899

Publication page

269

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Olearia colorata Colenso

Taxonomic rank

var.

Canonical form

Olearia rani var. colorata

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Olearia

Species

rani

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Allan Herbarium (2007)

Olearia rani (A.Cunn.) Druce

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)

Shawia rani (A.Cunn.) Saldivia & Nicol

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

New Zealand

Gisborne Land District

Olearia rani var. colorata (Colenso) Kirk

New Zealand

Nelson Land District

Notes

Note type

editorial

Note text

Discussed under Olearia rani in Allan 1961, he notes it is "a somewhat polymorphic sp., the status of the different forms not well understood." They are considered synonyms until further study is undertaken.

Note reference

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

Metadata

Record id

872990e6-d4af-41eb-b4a6-c3dc1aac2d27

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

15 January 2026

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