Raoulia subulata Hook.f.

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Name scientific

Raoulia subulata Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 149 (1864)

Preferred name

Raoulia subulata Hook.f.

Taxonomy reference

Ward, J. M. 1982: A key, synopsis and concordance for Raoulia. Mauri Ora 10: 11–19.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f.

Authors

Hook.f.

Publication place

Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.

Year published

1864

Publication page

149

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Raoulia subulata Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Raoulia subulata

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Raoulia

Species

subulata

Synonyms

Psychrophyton subulatum (Hook.f.) Beauverd

Descriptions

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

Raoulia subulata Hook.f.

Description

Closely branched ± tufted herb forming patches up to 10 cm. diam.; branches up to c. 4 cm. long. Lvs densely imbricate, suberect to spreading, 3-6-(10) × 0·5-1 mm., glab., membr., firm, prominently 1-nerved, lanceolate, acuminate. Capitula ± 4 mm. diam. Phyll. scarious, 3-4 × ± 1 mm.; inner irregularly laciniate at tips. Florets 15-25, ♀ fewer than perfect and sterile; corolla subfunnelform, lobes ± acute. Achenes < 1mm. long, papillae long-claviform; pappus-hairs c. 3 mm. long, rather rigid, slightly thickened above; papillae claviform. Receptacle hispid.

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