Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich. var. ericoides

Details

Name scientific

Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 338 (1832) var. ericoides

Preferred name

Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.

Taxonomy reference

de Lange, P.J. 2014: A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae) complex. PhytoKeys 40: 1–185.

Nomenclature

Authors

A.Rich.

Original authors

A.Rich.

Year published

1832

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich.

Taxonomic rank

var.

Canonical form

Leptospermum ericoides var. ericoides

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Leptospermum

Species

ericoides

Descriptions

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

Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich. var. ericoides

Description

Richard's description is: " glabris; foliis linearibus acutis, subciliatis, subtus 1-nerviis, punctatis; floribus albis axillaribus, solitariis aut terminalibus, sertulatis; calycis glabris, limbo 5-dentato persistente. Nob. Crescit in locis aridis elevatisque Novae-Zeelandiae (hâvre de l' Astrolabe). Capsula minima turbinata, glabra, limbo calycino 5-dentato coronata, 5-locularis, apice 5-valvis; seminibus pluribus minimis subulatis."