Caltha obtusa Cheeseman

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Name scientific

Caltha obtusa Cheeseman, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 33: 312 (1901)

Preferred name

Caltha obtusa Cheeseman

Taxonomy reference

Schuettpelz, E.; Hoot, S.B. 2004: Phylogeny and biogeography of Caltha (Ranunculaceae) based on chlroroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 91(2): 247–253.

Linked name

Caltha obtusa Cheeseman

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Allan Herbarium (2011)

CHR 58433

Nomenclature

Authors

Cheeseman

Original authors

Cheeseman

Publication place

Cheeseman, T.F. 1900: Some recent additions to the New Zealand flora. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 33: 312–313.

Year published

1901

Publication page

312

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Caltha obtusa Cheeseman

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Caltha obtusa

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ranunculales

Family

Ranunculaceae

Genus

Caltha

Species

obtusa

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

White caltha

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Caltha obtusa Cheeseman

Description

Glab. perennial seldom > 5 cm. tall, with short rhizomes. Petioles slender, seldom > 1 cm. long; lamina seldom > 1 cm. diam., broadly oblong to suborbicular, subcordate and 2-lobed at base, crenate to crenate-dentate, emarginate. Lobes upturned, ± appressed to and not much shorter than lamina, crenate. Scapes rather stout, at first very short, later elongating. Sepals 5, white, about obovate, obtuse to acute; stamens 10-15; carpels narrow-ovate in outline; styles rather long, slender. Mature follicles not seen.