Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn.

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Name scientific

Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 31 (1839)

Preferred name

Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn.

Taxonomy reference

Raven, P.H.; Raven, T. E. 1976: The Genus Epilobium (Onagraceae) in Australasia: a Systematic and Evolutionary Study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 216: 1–321.

Linked name

Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

A.Cunn.

Authors

A.Cunn.

Publication place

Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 3: 29–34.

Year published

1839

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Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Epilobium pedunculare

Typification

Original material (according to the protologue): "New Zealand (Northern Island). Near the lake [Lake Omapere – P.dL.] situated between Waimaté Mission House and the great forest of Hokianga. – 1834, Rich. Cunningham". Type (fide Raven, Raven, 1976: 169): "East of the lake between Waimate Mission Station and the great forest of Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand, 1834, Richard Cunningham (K)". Allan (1961: 260) partially typified the name thus: "Near the lake situated between Waimate Mission House and the great forest of Hokianga. Type: K, R. Cunningham, 1834".

Mosyakin, S.L.; de Lange, P.J.; Antonenko, S.I.; Klimovych, N.B. 2020: Types and other historical specimens of Allan and Richard Cunningham's taxa of Epilobium and Fuchsia (Onagraceae) from New Zealand in the Turczaninow Herbarium at the National Herbarium of Ukraine (KW). Ukrainian Botanical Journal 77(4): 249–269.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Onagraceae

Genus

Epilobium

Species

pedunculare

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

long-stalked willowherb

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Epilobium linnaeoides Hook.f.

Description

Stems slender, sparingly branched, up to ± 20 cm. long; branches glab, or faintly bifariously pubescent. Lvs opp., on petioles up to 4 mm. long; lamina (6(-8-12 × 6-12 mm., suborbicular to broadly ovate-oblong, thin, membr., pale green, glab.; margins rather closely and sharply toothed. Fls 4-7 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, < petals; petals white to pale rose, deeply cleft, ± 6 mm. long, colour often deepening on drying. Capsules 25-50 mm. long, glab.; peduncles 5-10 cm.; seeds densely papillose.

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

Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn.

Description

Herb forming dense or lax patches up to ± 20 cm. diam.; stems pale green to reddish purple, with internodes ± 1 cm. long; branchlets at first faintly bifariously pubescent. Lvs opp. ± crowded, subsessile; lamina ovate to suborbicular, 3-5-(10) mm. diam., pale green, often red-tinged below, subcoriac., glab.; entire or with a few minute denticles. Fls ± 3-5 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, glab.; petals white or pale pink. Capsules glab., reddish, (10)-20-40 mm. long; peduncles glab. (30)-50-100 mm. long. Seeds densely papillose.

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

Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn.

Description

n = 18

Description

n = 18

Description

2n = 36

Description

n = 18

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.

Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn.

Description

Creeping herb, rooting at nodes and forming loose mats up to 0.5 m diam. Stems strigillose or with short erect hairs on lines decurrent from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf very broadly ovate to orbicular, 2.5-14 × 2.5-15 mm. Floral tube 0.7-0.9 mm deep. Petals white, occasionally pink, 3-5 × 1.9-2.6 mm. Capsule glabrous, 2-5 cm long; fruiting pedicel 4.5-10 cm long.