Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
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Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 193 (1864)
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
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Nomenclature
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1864
193
ICN
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
species
Myosotis pulvinaris
The epithet is derived from the Latin pulvinaris (cushion, pillow) and refers to the habit of this species.
Type: Otago, 6000 feet (~1800 m ASL), 1863, J. Hector no. 11, Type specimen!,
Herbarium Hookerianum 1867 (with drawing and watercolour 'No. 8', perhaps by John Buchanan, attached) (holo: K000787905!†; iso: CHR 97404! (fragment removed from K type sheet). K000787905 is on the same sheet as K000787903 (the holotype of M. hectorii, see below) and K000787904 (T. Kirk, Otago), each clearly physically separated from one another).
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Descriptions
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Many-branched tufted perennial forming compact rounded cushion up to 10 cm. diam., adventitious roots from branches. Stems 1-3 cm. long, crowded, ± erect, closely covered with imbricating lvs, the whole twig 5-10 mm. diam. Lvs c. 5-7 × 3-5 mm., the very broad-oblong lamina slightly narrowed to membr. sheathing base, tip very broad-obtuse; hairs long, silky, crowded, ± appressed. Flowering lateral branches very short, often hidden, with a few narrow oblong lvs surrounding the solitary terminal almost sessile fl. Calyx c. 3 mm. long, lobes c. 1/2 length, subacute, finely hairy within, long soft hairs forming a complete cover outside. Corolla white, c.6 mm. diam., tube 4-5 mm. long, lobes c. 2 × 2 mm., broadly rounded, flat, overlapping at sinus; filaments short, anthers up to 1·5 mm. long, tips protruding just above rather large scales; style 2-3 × calyx, stigma capitate. Nutlets dark, c. 1·5 × 0·8 mm., the few seen narrow-oblong.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Compact rounded cushion, rooting from some nodes. Stems 1-3 cm long, crowded, ± erect, closely covered with imbricating lvs; lamina very broadly spathulate; tip broadly obtuse; hairs long, silky, crowded, ± appressed on both surfaces. Flowering branches very short, ± hidden, with a few narrow lvs surrounding solitary, terminal fl. Calyx hairs long, soft, copious. Corolla white, c. 6 mm diam.; tube 2× length of lobes. Filaments short; anther tips just protruding above scales.
Taxonomic concepts
Myosotis hectorii Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
Myosotis pulvinaris Hook.f.
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typification
Type: Otago, 6000 feet (~1800 m ASL), 1863, J. Hector no. 11, Type specimen!,
Herbarium Hookerianum 1867 (with drawing and watercolour 'No. 8', perhaps by John Buchanan, attached) (holo: K000787905!†; iso: CHR 97404! (fragment removed from K type sheet). K000787905 is on the same sheet as K000787903 (the holotype of M. hectorii, see below) and K000787904 (T. Kirk, Otago), each clearly physically separated from one another).
Etymology
The epithet is derived from the Latin pulvinaris (cushion, pillow) and refers to the habit of this species.
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1 January 2000
2 March 2018