Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

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Name scientific

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 27 (1786)

Preferred name

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Taxonomy reference

Raven, P.H.; Raven, T. E. 1976: The Genus Epilobium (Onagraceae) in Australasia: a Systematic and Evolutionary Study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 216: 1–321.

Linked name

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

G.Forst.

Original authors

G.Forst.

Publication place

Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.

Year published

1786

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Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Epilobium glabellum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Epilobium

Species

glabellum

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Epilobium erubescens Hausskn.

Description

Stock woody, very stout; stems ∞, arcuate, crowded, rigid, sparingly branched, up to ± 20 cm. tall; branchlets erect, with 2-4 pubescent lines, purplish. Lvs very close-set, overlapping, hiding stems, opp. except in floral region, erect or ascending, sessile or very nearly so. Lamina narrow- to ovate-oblong, 15-20 × 5 mm., subacute, cuneately narrowed to base, thick, coriac., ± rugulose below, glab.; margins distantly denticulate. Fls concentrated at tips of branches, ± 8 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes lanceolate to narrow-ovate 4-5 mm. long; petals ± 8 mm. long, pale rose. Capsules glab., shining, purplish, 30-40 mm. long; peduncles up to 4 mm. long, glab. Seeds densely papillose.

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

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Description

Stems us. many, up to 35 cm., decumbent and woody at base, erect above; branches us. several ascending, not rigid, often purple to reddish, with 2-4 lines of pubescence. Lvs somewhat remote to close-set, opp. except in floral region, subsessile or on petioles up to 2 mm. long. Lamina narrow-ovate to narrow-oblong to elliptic-oblong, (8)-10-15-(20) × (3)-5-(8) mm., submembr. to coriac., often red- or purple-tinged, glab., glossy; margins rather remotely sinuate-denticulate. Fls 5-10 mm. diam.; calyx 5-8 mm. long, cut ⅔ way into ovate-lanceolate lobes; petals white or pink, 6-10 mm. long. Capsules glab., slender, pale brown to purplish, 25-30-(50) mm. long; peduncles (5)-10-(15) mm. long. Seeds densely minutely papillose.

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

Epilobium rubromarginatum Cockayne

Description

Stock hard and woody; stems slender, rooting at lower nodes, ascending at tips, up to ± 15 cm. long; branchlets us. few, pale green to reddish or purplish, faintly bifariously pubescent. Lvs very close-set, overlapping, opp., on sparsely pubescent petioles up to 1 mm. long; lamina narrow- to rather broad-oblong, 5-11 × 2-4 mm., fleshy, coriac. when dry, glab. or nearly so, obscurely denticulate to subentire, margins with distinct dark red line. Fls 5-6·5 mm. diam.; calyx ± 3 mm. long, deeply cut, lobes lanceolate; petals white or pale rose, ± 5 mm. long. Capsules glab., (15)-20-(30) mm. long, purplish; peduncles < lvs. Seeds papillose.

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

Epilobium vernicosum Cheeseman

Description

Stock stout, woody; branches us. many, decumbent at base, then ascending, erect at tips, reddish or green, up to ± 20 cm. tall; branchlets bifariously pubescent. Lvs opp., us. reddish, alt. in floral region, on petioles up to 2 mm. long. Lamina (6)-10-15-(20) × (3)-5-8-(10) mm.; narrow-oblong to ovate-oblong, coriac., very glossy, us. ± flushed red; margins obscurely to distinctly denticulate. Fls 12-20 mm. diam.; calyx up to 9 mm. long, lobes linear-lanceolate; petals broad, rather deeply bilobed, pale rose, ± 12 × 5 mm. Capsules glab., 15-25 mm. long; peduncles < lvs. Seeds smooth.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Description

n = 18

Description

n = 18

Description

2n = 36

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Epilobium glabellum G.Forst.

Description

Bushy or sometimes matted herb, much-branched, from a stout taproot; branches sometimes straggling and rooting near base, 5-40 cm long. Stems with lines of strigillose, erect eglandular or glandular hairs decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf elliptic to lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 0.5-2 × 0.2-0.7 cm. Floral tube 0.6-1.5-(3.2) mm deep, glabrous. Petals white or rose-purple, often flushed pink after pollination, 3-8-(18) × 2-5-(12) mm. Capsule glabrous, 2-4-(6.5) cm long; fruiting pedicel 0-0.4-(0.6) cm long.