Coriaria pteridoides W.R.B.Oliv.

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Name scientific

Coriaria pteridoides W.R.B.Oliv., Rec. Domin. Mus. 1: 30 (1942)

Preferred name

Coriaria pteridoides W.R.B.Oliv.

Taxonomy reference

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

Linked name

Coriaria pteridoides W.R.B.Oliv.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

W.R.B.Oliv.

Original authors

W.R.B.Oliv.

Publication place

Oliver, W.R.B. 1942: The genus Coriaria in New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 1: 21–43.

Year published

1942

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Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Coriaria pteridoides W.R.B.Oliv.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Coriaria pteridoides

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Coriariaceae

Genus

Coriaria

Species

pteridoides

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

small-leaved tutu

Language of use: Māori

Tutu

Synonyms

Coriaria lurida var. acuminata Cockayne & Allan

Descriptions

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

Coriaria pteridoides W.R.B.Oliv.

Description

Stems close-set, erect, up to 6 dm. tall, arising from rather slender branched rhizomes; bark dark brown. Branchlets quadrangular, very slender, pubescent. Lvs on slender petioles c. 1 mm. long. Lamina narrow-lanceolate to narrow ovate-lanceolate (on same plant) acuminate; (10)-15-25 × (1)-2-4 mm., glab. or nearly so, submembr., with a prominent pair of lateral veins; margins flat. Lvs at base of branchlets ± 10 × 6 mm., ovate. Racemes, sts branched, very slender, ascending to spreading, up to ± 5 cm. long, us. with a few lvs at base. Fls solitary rather distant, or 2-3 together, on filiform patent pedicels up to 5 mm. long. Sepals broad-ovate, ± 1·5 mm. long; petals similar, slightly shorter. Carpels 5-10.

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