Sisyrinchium "blue"

Details

Name scientific

Sisyrinchium "blue"

Preferred name

Sisyrinchium rosulatum E.P.Bicknell

Linked name

Sisyrinchium "blue"

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural status

informal name

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Sisyrinchium "blue"

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Sisyrinchium

Species

"blue"

Descriptions

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Sisyrinchium "blue"

Description

Tufted grass-like perennial. Stems simple or branched, compressed, narrowly winged, c. 1 mm diam., cauline leaf at each node. Leaves linear, ensiform, basal 2-3 mm wide, cauline narrower. Flowers ± 1 cm long, to 1.5 cm diam., in clusters of 1-3 within ± equal spathe-valves, blue internally with yellow band and throat, externally with dark indistinct purple stripes above, pubescent below. Capsule c. 3 × 3 mm, glabrous, red-brown. Seeds ± 1 mm long, black, ± 3-angled.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Sisyrinchium "blue"

Sisyrinchium "blue"

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Sisyrinchium "blue"

New Zealand

Canterbury Land District

Sisyrinchium "blue"

New Zealand

North Auckland Land District

Notes

Note type

editorial

Note text

Sisyrinchium "blue" is now believed to be Sisyrinchium rosulatum E.P.Bicknell. This is unpublished information.

Metadata

Record id

cd592e04-3e54-4675-a4e0-99531c588ed9

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

17 July 2018

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