


Aciphylla townsonii Cheeseman

Details
Aciphylla townsonii Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 1138 (1906)
Nomenclature
Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1906
1138
ICN
Aciphylla townsonii Cheeseman
species
Aciphylla townsonii
Lectotype (designated by Allan 1961, with first-step by Oliver 1956): Mount Buckland [no elevation], Townson s.n., no date, AK 6456; Residual syntypes: Mount Buckland, 4000 ft, Townson s.n., no date, AK 6454, AK 6455, K K000685215, WELT SP011717; Buckland Peaks [no elevation], Townson s.n., no date, WELT SP011720, SP013790; Buckland Peaks, 3500 ft, Townson s.n., no date, WELT SP11716; Mount Faraday, Townson s.n., no date, AK 6459, 6460, 6461; Mount Lyell, Townson 102A, no date, AK 6462
Classification
Descriptions
Aciphylla townsonii Cheeseman
Slender, rather flaccid herb up to c. 3 dm. tall; lvs simple to trifoliolate to pinnate or bipinnate, up to 2 dm. long. Sheaths thin, ± 6 cm. × (4)-8 mm.; stipules 0 or unequal, filiform, up to 2 cm. long. Petioles very slender, up to c. 4 cm. long; internodes 0 or up to 25 mm. long. Primary pinnae occ. bipinnately divided near base, 2-4 distant pairs up to c. 7·5 cm. × 1-1·5 mm., pungent, margins minutely crenulate; ultimate segs up to c. 3 cm. × 1·5 mm. Stems of male plants up to c. 3 dm., sts ± lfy near base; infl. lax, up to ± 20 cm. long. Bracts ∞, lowest with compound lamina, upper with minute stipules and simple lamina; sheaths broad, up to c. 5 cm. long; stipules acicular, very slender, lower c. 10 mm. long; lower laminae on slender petioles up to 3 cm. long, with 1 pair of pinnae, or outer member or both absent. Umbels ∞, lowest on peduncles up to c. 5 cm. long; umbellules ± 5 mm. diam., on filiform rays up to 10 mm. long. Stems of female plants ± lfy near base. Bracts ∞, rather rigid, as in male plants. Umbels fewer than in male plants, on short erect peduncles, ± concealed by bracts. Fr. 3-5 mm. long; mericarps 5-3-winged.
Taxonomic concepts
Aciphylla townsonii Cheeseman
Aciphylla townsonii Cheeseman
Aciphylla townsonii Cheeseman
Aciphylla townsonii Cheeseman
Collections
Notes
typification
Lectotype (designated by Allan 1961, with first-step by Oliver 1956): Mount Buckland [no elevation], Townson s.n., no date, AK 6456; Residual syntypes: Mount Buckland, 4000 ft, Townson s.n., no date, AK 6454, AK 6455, K K000685215, WELT SP011717; Buckland Peaks [no elevation], Townson s.n., no date, WELT SP011720, SP013790; Buckland Peaks, 3500 ft, Townson s.n., no date, WELT SP11716; Mount Faraday, Townson s.n., no date, AK 6459, 6460, 6461; Mount Lyell, Townson 102A, no date, AK 6462
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
24 June 2002
14 June 2025