Tillaea purpurata Hook.f.

Details

Name scientific

Tillaea purpurata Hook.f. (1847)

Preferred name

Crassula peduncularis (Sm.) F.Meigen

Taxonomy reference

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.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f.

Authors

Hook.f.

Year published

1847

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Tillaea purpurata Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Tillaea purpurata

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Saxifragales

Family

Crassulaceae

Genus

Tillaea

Species

purpurata

Descriptions

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

Tillaea purpurata Hook.f.

Description

Delicate erect or spreading sparingly branched annual herb up to 5 cm. tall; branches capillary, with internodes up to 1 cm. long. Lvs 2.5-4·5 mm. long, subsucculent, linear, acuminate. Fls ± 2 mm. diam., the capillary peduncles elongating in fr. Calyx lobes ovate, obtuse to subacute; petals = calyx, linear, acuminate; scales 0. Carpels ± = calyx; seeds us. 10-16 per carpel.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Tillaea purpurata Hook.f.

Tillaea purpurata Hook.f.

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Tillaea purpurata Hook.f.

Tillaea purpurata Hook.f.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

Crassula peduncularis (Sm.) F.Meigen

Metadata

Record id

f83accf6-53f5-44a4-9a46-fe8be88f9ce4

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

9 September 2002

Date last updated

13 April 2012

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