Stilbocarpa A.Gray

Details

Name scientific

Stilbocarpa A.Gray, U.S. Explor. Exped., Phan. 714 (1854)

Preferred name

Azorella Lam.

Taxonomy reference

Plunkett, G.M; Nicolas, A.N. 2017: Assessing Azorella (Apiaceae) and its allies: Phylogenetics and a new classification. Brittonia 69(1): 31–61. [First Online: 15 September 2016]

Linked name

Stilbocarpa

Nomenclature

Authors

A.Gray

Original authors

A.Gray

Publication place

Gray, A. 1854: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. vol. XV. Botany. Phanerogamia by Asa Gray with a Folia Atlas of 100 Plates. Part 1. Philadelphia.

Year published

1854

Publication page

714

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Stilbocarpa A.Gray

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Stilbocarpa

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Umbelliferae

Genus

Stilbocarpa

Subordinates

Descriptions

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

Stilbocarpa A.Gray

Description

Polygamodioec. herb. Umbels terminal and axillary, compound; bracts foliaceous, bractlets smaller. Fls jointed on top of pedicels. Hypanthium with 2-4 grooves; calyx obsolescent; petals 5, stamens 5, disk annular; ovary 4-3-loculed; style-branches 4-3, stylopodia ill-developed; fr. subglobose, hollowed at apex; seeds 1 per locule, ovoid. Large herb with stout rhizomes; lvs large, on fistular petioles. Endemic to Subantarctic Is.