Epilobium brunnescens subsp. minutiflorum (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn

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Name scientific

Epilobium brunnescens subsp. minutiflorum (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn, New Zealand J. Bot. 9: 350 (1971)

Preferred name

Epilobium brunnescens subsp. minutiflorum (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn

Taxonomy reference

Raven, P.H.; Raven, T. E. 1976: The Genus Epilobium (Onagraceae) in Australasia: a Systematic and Evolutionary Study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 216: 1–321.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

(Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn

Original authors

Cockayne

Combination authors

P.H.Raven & Engelhorn

Publication place

Raven, P.H.; Engelhorn, T. 1971: New Taxa and New Combinations in Australasian Epilobium (Onagraceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 9: 345–350.

Year published

1971

Publication page

350

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Epilobium pedunculare var. minutiflorum Cockayne

Taxonomic rank

subsp.

Canonical form

Epilobium brunnescens subsp. minutiflorum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Epilobium

Species

brunnescens

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Epilobium pedunculare var. minutiflorum Cockayne

Description

Plant forming matted patches up to ± 20 cm. diam. Stems very slender, reddish purple; lvs on petioles ± 1 mm. long; lamina 2.5-5 mm. diam., suborbicular to broad-ovate, dark green, somewhat glossy, us. tinged dark red below. Fls minute, petals white; capsules purplish ± 10-12-(20) mm. long; peduncles filiform, purplish, up to 4 cm. long.

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