Alseuosmia pusilla Colenso

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Name scientific

Alseuosmia pusilla Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 17: 241 (1884 [1885])

Preferred name

Alseuosmia pusilla Colenso

Taxonomy reference

Gardner, R.O. 1978: The species of Alseuosmia (Alseuosmiaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 16: 271–277.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Colenso

Authors

Colenso

Publication place

Colenso, W. 1885 ("1884"): A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 237–265.

Year published

1884

Year on publication

1885

Publication page

241

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Alseuosmia pusilla Colenso

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Alseuosmia pusilla

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Alseuosmiaceae

Genus

Alseuosmia

Species

pusilla

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Mountain alseuosmia

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Alseuosmia pusilla Colenso

Description

Glab. shrub up to c. 5 dm. tall, unbranched or occ. with 1-2 branches, rarely taller and more branched; branchlets dark purple. Lvs on rather stout petioles up to 10 mm. long Lamina obovate, cunéately narrowed to base, obtuse, apiculate, (2.5)-7-(10) × 2-2.5-(3·5) cm., submembr., entire or with a few minute teeth. Infl. of us. solitary fls on glab. peduncles. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes deltoid, acute. Corolla ± 8-10 mm. long, yellowish to reddish; lobes 5, fimbriate. Berry ellipsoid, ± 9-12 × 5-6 mm., bright shining red.

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