Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman

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Name scientific

Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 24: 410 (1892)

Preferred name

Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman

Taxonomy reference

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

Linked name

Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Cheeseman

Original authors

Cheeseman

Publication place

Cheeseman, T. F. 1892 ("1891"): On some recent additions to the New Zealand flora. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 409–412.

Year published

1892

Publication page

410

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Myrsine kermadecensis

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Primulaceae

Genus

Myrsine

Species

kermadecensis

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Kermadec mapou

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Myrsine kermadecensis Cheeseman

Description

Tree up to c. 5 m. tall; bark rough, dark red-brown. Lvs on stout petioles up to ± 6 mm. long. Lamina 3-6·5 × 1-2.5 cm., elliptic- to obovate-oblong, obtuse, sts apiculate, entire, coriac.; margins slightly recurved. Infl. of many-fld fascicles. Fls unisexual, ± 2.5 mm. diam.; calyx minute, lobes 4-5, broad; corolla 4-5-lobed nearly to base, lobes fringed. Fr. (4)-6-9 mm. diam., globose, finally black.

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