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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy

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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy, New Zealand J. Bot. 56: online published (2017)
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. 2018: Three new Melicytus species from central New Zealand and a revised circumscription of Melicytus obovatus (Violaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 56: 51–83. (Published online: Published online: 14 Nov 2017)

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. (2018)

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Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. 2018: Three new Melicytus species from central New Zealand and a revised circumscription of Melicytus obovatus (Violaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 56: 51–83. (Published online: Published online: 14 Nov 2017)
2017
online published
ICN
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
species
Melicytus orarius
The specific epithet orariusalludes to the coastal habitat occupied by this species.
Holotype. New Zealand, Wellington, Wellington Harbour, Point Howard, sandstone cliffs just above road, 3 m, P.J. de Lange 1416, 8 Aug 1992 (CHR 478453!; Isotypes AK 210028!; WELT SP079912!).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Violaceae
Melicytus
orarius

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Melicytus aff. obovatus (AK 100107; Cook Strait)
Melicytus aff. obovatus (AK 100107; Cook Strait)
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B. et al. (1999)
Melicytus obovatus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus aff. obovatus (AK 100107; Cook Strait)
Melicytus aff. obovatus (AK 100107; Cook Strait)
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Melicytus aff. obovatus (AK 100107; Cook Strait)
Melicytus aff. obovatus (AK 100107; Cook Strait)
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. (2018)
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. (2018)
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy

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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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typification
Holotype. New Zealand, Wellington, Wellington Harbour, Point Howard, sandstone cliffs just above road, 3 m, P.J. de Lange 1416, 8 Aug 1992 (CHR 478453!; Isotypes AK 210028!; WELT SP079912!).
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. 2018: Three new Melicytus species from central New Zealand and a revised circumscription of Melicytus obovatus (Violaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 56: 51–83. (Published online: Published online: 14 Nov 2017)
Etymology
The specific epithet orariusalludes to the coastal habitat occupied by this species.
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. 2018: Three new Melicytus species from central New Zealand and a revised circumscription of Melicytus obovatus (Violaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 56: 51–83. (Published online: Published online: 14 Nov 2017)

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Names_Plants
5 January 2018
30 October 2023
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