Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth.

Details

Name scientific

Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 53 (1836)

Preferred name

Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Benth.

Authors

E.Mey. ex Benth.

Publication place

Bentham, G. 1836: Observations on some new, or little known genera and species of Scrophulariaceae. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 53–60.

Year published

1836

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Phygelius

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Genus

Phygelius

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Cape figwort

Descriptions

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth.

Description

Small shrubs. Lvs simple, opposite, occasionally the upper alternate, crenulate-serrulate. Infl. a terminal, secund, cymose, bracteate, open panicle; fls pedicellate, bracteolate. Calyx much < corolla tube, with 5 equal lobes. Corolla tube narrowly trumpet-shaped, curved or nearly straight, sometimes ± gibbous at base, with 5 subequal lobes, glandular on inner face. Stamens 4, exserted, sometimes a staminode also present. Capsule septicidal, ovoid, ± oblique. Seeds finely reticulate, numerous, small; apex bluntly angled; wing 0.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth.

Phygelius

Mabberley, D.J. (2008)

Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth.

Scrophulariaceae Juss.

Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth.

Phygelius

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

Historic biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Cultivated

New Zealand

Political Region

Bryant, G. (1996)

Phygelius capensis recorded in section on Tropaelum pentaphyllum on p. 89

Metadata

Record id

bfbf71af-1edb-468a-b485-662d9680bb33

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

7 February 2014

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