Gentiana chathamica Cheeseman
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Gentiana chathamica Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 449 (1906)
Nomenclature
Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1906
449
ICN
Gentiana chathamica Cheeseman
species
Gentiana chathamica
Lectotype (chosen by Glenny 2004): F. A. D.Cox, peaty swamps, Chatham Islands, AK 7181. Sheet annotated as lectotype by L. M. Cranwell, Dec 1941
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Gentiana chathamica Cheeseman
Erect annual ± 15-30 cm. tall; stems simple or sparingly branched, rather slender; branches decumbent in lower part, then ascending, weak. Basal lvs in rosettes, diverse in size and shape on same plant; lamina ± 10-30 × 8-15 mm., on very short petiole to almost sessile, ovate- to oblong-spathulate to broad-oblong, obtuse, thin. Cauline lvs 1-2 pairs, ovate to oblong, sessile by broad almost cordate base, ± 20 × 15 mm. Fls axillary, paired or solitary, and in terminal 3-12-fld umbels, each subtended by 1 or more linear-subulate bracts, sts in whorls of 3-5. Calyx 6-7 mm. long, cut c. 3/4 way into narrow-oblong obtuse thin lobes. Corolla white, 8-9 mm. long, narrowly subcampanulate, cut ?-3/4 way into oblong or obovate-oblong lobes; veins distinct, sts pink.
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Gentiana chathamica Cheeseman
Gentiana chathamica Cheeseman
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typification
Lectotype (chosen by Glenny 2004): F. A. D.Cox, peaty swamps, Chatham Islands, AK 7181. Sheet annotated as lectotype by L. M. Cranwell, Dec 1941
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1 January 2000
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