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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie

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New Zealand
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Meudt, H.M.; Prebble, J.M. (2018)

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Petrie
Petrie
Petrie, D. 1918: Descriptions of new native flowering-plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 50: 207–211.
1918
209
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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
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Myosotis tenericaulis
The Latin words tener (soft, delicate) and caulis (stem) which make up the epithet refer to the ‘very thin and flaccid’ inflorescences (Petrie 1918, p. 209).
Type: Edge of Inch Clutha, nr. Romahapa (in open bush), Clutha Co. Otago, Dec. 1891, D. Petrie s.n. (lecto (designated by Moore 1961): WELT SP002689! (A and B sheets); isolecto CHR 295327!).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Boraginales
Boraginaceae
Myosotis
tenericaulis

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

Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie

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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.

Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie

Diffuse herb; branches slender, rooting at nodes, usually rather flaccid. Lvs elliptic to broadly ovate, on very slender petioles; hairs short, closely appressed, even and sparse, few abaxially. Upper lvs > to much > internodes. Cymes simple or branched, several-flowered; internodes long; each fl. opposite its bract. Calyx hairs stiff, short, closely appressed, even and sparse. Corolla white to yellowish, 3-4 mm diam.; tube short, cylindric; filaments very short; anthers usually wholly included.

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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Meudt, H.M.; Prebble, J.M. (2018)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Simpson, G. (1952)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Myosotis tenuis G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson
Myosotis tenuis G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
Myosotis tenuis G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson
Myosotis tenuis G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson
Meudt, H.M.; Prebble, J.M. (2018)
Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie

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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
New Zealand
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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Myosotis tenericaulis Petrie
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Myosotis tenuis G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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typification
Type: Edge of Inch Clutha, nr. Romahapa (in open bush), Clutha Co. Otago, Dec. 1891, D. Petrie s.n. (lecto (designated by Moore 1961): WELT SP002689! (A and B sheets); isolecto CHR 295327!).
Meudt, H.M.; Prebble, J.M. 2018: Species limits and taxonomic revision of the bracteate-prostrate group of southern hemisphere forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae), including description of three new species endemic to New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 31: 48–105.
Etymology
The Latin words tener (soft, delicate) and caulis (stem) which make up the epithet refer to the ‘very thin and flaccid’ inflorescences (Petrie 1918, p. 209).
Petrie, D. 1918: Descriptions of new native flowering-plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 50: 207–211.

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1 January 2000
2 March 2018
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