Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

Details

Name scientific

Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 80: 8 (1952)

Preferred name

Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

Taxonomy reference

Venter, S. 2021: A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34: 1–205.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

W.R.B.Oliv.

Authors

W.R.B.Oliv.

Publication place

Oliver, W.R.B. 1952: A revision of the genus Dracophyllum; Supplement. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 80: 1–17.

Year published

1952

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Dracophyllum trimorphum

Etymology

Refers to the three distinct growth stages of the species.

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!).

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Dracophyllum

Species

trimorphum

Descriptions

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.

Description

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.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

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.

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)

Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

Venter, S. (2021)

Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

Collections

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Indicative databased records

Dracophyllum trimorphum W.R.B.Oliv.

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Notes

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typification

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Etymology

Note text

Refers to the three distinct growth stages of the species.

Metadata

Record id

b5fb96d8-8dfb-4f72-bcf7-44f13bd16427

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

15 February 2021

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