Pleurophyllum Hook.f.

Details

Name scientific

Pleurophyllum Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 30, t. 22, 24 (1844)

Preferred name

Pleurophyllum Hook.f.

Taxonomy reference

Saldivia, P.; Wagstaff, S.J.; Breitwieser, I.; Orlovich, D.A.; Lord, J.M. 2022: A generic taxonomic synopsis of the Pleurophyllum clade (Asteraceae: Astereae: Celmisiinae) with the recognition of the New Zealand endemic new genus Macrolearia. Systematic Botany 47(2): 607–634.

Linked name

Pleurophyllum

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

NZ Botanical Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f.

Authors

Hook.f.

Publication place

Hooker, J.D. 1844–1845: The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. I. Flora Antarctica. Part I. Botany of Lord Auckland’s Group and Campbell’s Island. Reeve, Brothers, London.

Year published

1844

Publication page

30, t. 22, 24

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pleurophyllum Hook.f.

Type taxon

Pleurophyllum speciosum Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Pleurophyllum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Pleurophyllum

Subordinates

Synonyms

Albinea Hombr. & Jacquinot

Descriptions

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

Pleurophyllum Hook.f.

Description

Capitula large, in racemes; receptacle flat, alveolate; phyll. herbaceous, in 2-3 series. Ray-florets pistillate, ligulate; disk-florets narrow tubular-campanulate, perfect, segs recurved. Anther-cells shortly and bluntly produced at base; style-arms flattened, with lanceolate unreceptive tips. Achenes compressed, striate, setose. Pappus of rigid unequal scabrid hairs. Robust perennial herbs closely allied to . Genus endemic to the Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Macquarie Is.