Raoulia cinerea Petrie

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Name scientific

Raoulia cinerea Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 45: 269 (1912 [1913])

Preferred name

Raoulia cinerea Petrie

Taxonomy reference

Ward, J. M. 1982: A key, synopsis and concordance for Raoulia. Mauri Ora 10: 11–19.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Petrie

Original authors

Petrie

Publication place

Petrie, D. 1913: Descriptions of new species and varieties of native phanerogams. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 45: 265–275.

Year published

1912

Year on publication

1913

Publication page

269

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Raoulia cinerea Petrie

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Raoulia cinerea

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Raoulia

Species

cinerea

Descriptions

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

Raoulia cinerea Petrie

Description

Stock rather woody, stems rather closely branched, branchlets ascending, forming flat patches. Lvs closely imbricate, 3-nerved, ascending, incurved at tips, 5-7 mm. long, linear, acuminate; basal portion membr., c. 1 mm. wide, clad in loose tomentum; apical portion densely clad in appressed white tomentum, margins slightly revolute. Capitula up to 5 mm. diam.; inner phyll. linear-lanceolate, acute, scarious, yellowish; apices pale brown, ± pilose on back. Achenes hardly 1 mm. long, narrow-oblong, glab. to puberulous; pappus-hairs up to 5 mm. long--some flattened towards base, others terete, all slender, not or hardly thickened at apex.

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