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Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

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Threat status: Naturally uncommon

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Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 80: 8 (1952)
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Venter, S. 2021: A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 1–205.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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W.R.B.Oliv.
W.R.B.Oliv.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1952: A revision of the genus Dracophyllum; Supplement. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 80: 1–17.
1952
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Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
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Dracophyllum trimorphum
Refers to the three distinct growth stages of the species.
Type: New Zealand. West Whanganui Inlet, near shore in shrub, 28 Dec. 1949. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (holo: WELT 55515a!; iso: WELT 55515b, WELT 55515c!, WELT 55516a!, WELT 55516b!, WELT 55516c!, WELT 55516d!, WELT 55516e!, WELT 55516f!, WELT 55516 g!).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Dracophyllum
trimorphum

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

Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

Erect, up to c. 3m. tall; branches stout, bark greyish; branchlets ∞, slender; bark grey to dark brown. Lvs crowded towards tips of branchlets. Sheath 5-6 × 2 mm., ciliolate, rather abruptly narrowed to lamina 40-45 × 2.5-3 mm., minutely pubescent on both surfaces, canaliculate, ascending, gradually narrowed to pungent apex; margins very minutely serrulate. Fls solitary or in 2-3-fld racemes, bracts lflike. Sepals narrow-ovate, acicular; corolla-tube ± 4 mm. long, lobes white, ovate. Anthers slightly exserted; capsule truncate.

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Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
Venter, S. (2021)
Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

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Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.
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typification
Type: New Zealand. West Whanganui Inlet, near shore in shrub, 28 Dec. 1949. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (holo: WELT 55515a!; iso: WELT 55515b, WELT 55515c!, WELT 55516a!, WELT 55516b!, WELT 55516c!, WELT 55516d!, WELT 55516e!, WELT 55516f!, WELT 55516 g!).
Etymology
Refers to the three distinct growth stages of the species.

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1 January 2000
15 February 2021
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