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Myosotis australis R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
495
ICN
Myosotis australis R.Br.
species
Myosotis australis
The epithet is derived from the Latin australis (south, southern) and refers to the geographical distribution of this species in Australia (where the type was collected).
Type citation: ‘(J.D.) v.v.’ [J. = Port Jackson, D. = Tasmania, v.v. = visa viva, seen alive.] Holotype: Banks of Paterson River, Oct. 1804, R.Brown s.n. (lecto: BM 000939408!*, designated by C.A.Lehnebach, Tuhinga 23: 18 (2012)).

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australis

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Myosotis australis R.Br.

Rosette us. single, lvs spathulate or lamina elliptic, 2-6 cm. × 4-12 mm., tip rounded and ± mucronate, petiole c. = lamina-length, narrow but ill-defined; hairs on upper surface spreading, uniform, fine, crowded, on undersurface sparser, shorter, retrorse. Lateral branches ascending or erect, few to many, up to 20-30 cm. long, inter-nodes us. = or > lvs. Upper stem-lvs sessile, spathulate to oblong, mostly 1-1·5 cm. long, tip subacute; hairs on upper surface silky, ± appressed, overlapping, on undersurface sparser, shorter, irregularly arranged. Cymes ebracteate, except sts towards base, mostly simple and terminal, either on primary laterals or on secondary laterals arising from axils of stem-lvs; internodes between frs > calyx; pedicels very short. Calyx c. 4 mm. long, lobes > 1/2 length, narrow, subacute; hairs long and straight towards tips, shorter and hooked towards base, with very short sparse hairs overall. Corolla white or yellow, tube = or > calyx, widest at top, lobes rounded, concave; filaments very short, fixed below scales, anther-tips barely reaching scales; style c. = tube in fl. Nutlets ± pointed, ± keeled.

Myosotis australis R.Br.

Rosette usually single; lf lamina c. = petiole; hairs spreading and uniform, often hooked, fine, crowded, abaxially sparser, retrorse. Lateral branches to 30 cm long, ascending; internodes usually = or > lvs. Cymes mostly ebracteate; internodes between frs > calyx; pedicels short. Calyx hairs mostly short but some longer and/or hooked. Corolla white or yellow; tube = or > calyx; filaments very short; anther tips barely reaching scales.

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Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis var. conspicua Cheeseman
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis australis var. lytteltonensis Laing & A.Wall
Myosotis australis R.Br.
Myosotis lytteltonensis (Laing & A.Wall) de Lange
Myosotis australis R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Exotic
Absent
New Zealand
Political Region
Uncertain
New Zealand
Political Region
N.Z. forms probably Endemic. The N.Z. plant includes several inadequately named forms, possibly none matching the Australian type of M. australis.

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Myosotis australis R.Br.
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Myosotis australis R.Br.
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Volcanic Plateau

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editorial
According to Webb et al. (1988), p. 384: "The N.Z. plant includes several inadequately named forms, possibly none matching the Australian type M. australis."
typification
Type citation: ‘(J.D.) v.v.’ [J. = Port Jackson, D. = Tasmania, v.v. = visa viva, seen alive.] Holotype: Banks of Paterson River, Oct. 1804, R.Brown s.n. (lecto: BM 000939408!*, designated by C.A.Lehnebach, Tuhinga 23: 18 (2012)).
Etymology
The epithet is derived from the Latin australis (south, southern) and refers to the geographical distribution of this species in Australia (where the type was collected).

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1 January 2000
4 December 2020
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