Caltha L.

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Name scientific

Caltha L., Sp. Pl. 558 (1753)

Preferred name

Caltha L.

Linked name

Caltha

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Authors

Publication place

Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.

Year published

1753

Publication page

558

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Caltha L.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Caltha

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Caltha

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Marsh marigold

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Caltha L.

Description

Fls few to 1, perfect, regular, hypog. Sepals 5-10, petaloid, yellow or white; petals 0; stamens ∞; carpels 5-11, ovules several in 2 series. Fruit of a few follicles, each with several to many seeds. Perennial herbs with creeping rhizomes and ± cordate radical lvs. About 20 spp. of temperate regions. The N.Z. spp. are endemic and belong to the section Psychrophila as defined by Hill (Ann. Bot., Lond. 32, 1918, 421-422).