Pseudopanax arboreus (L.f.) K.Koch

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Name scientific

Pseudopanax arboreus (L.f.) K.Koch, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 366 (1859)

Preferred name

Pseudopanax arboreus (L.f.) K.Koch

Taxonomy reference

Perrie, L.R.; Shepherd, L.D. 2009: Reconstructing the species phylogeny of Pseudopanax (Araliaceae), a genus of hybridising trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 774–783.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

(L.f.) K.Koch

Original authors

L.f.

Combination authors

K.Koch

Publication place

Koch, C. In: Koch, C.; Fintelmann, G. A. 1859: Wochenschrift für Gärtnerei und Pflanzenkunde 2

Year published

1859

Publication page

366

Orthography

arboreum

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Panax arboreus L.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pseudopanax arboreus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Pseudopanax

Species

arboreus

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Associations

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is host of

Metzgeria flavovirens Colenso

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Plagiochila intertexta Hook.f. & Taylor

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Rimelia reticulata (Taylor) Hale & A.Fletcher

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Topeliopsis decorticans (Müll.Arg.) Frisch & Kalb

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Tupeia antarctica (G.Forst.) Cham. & Schltdl.

CHR (4 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Usnea Dill. ex Adans.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Weymouthia mollis (Hedw.) Broth.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

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

Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan

Description

Tree, us. dioec., up to 8 m. tall, glab. in all parts; branches stout, spreading. Lvs 5-7-foliolate, petioles c. 15-20 cm. long, stipulately sheathing at base. Lflts on petiolules c. 3-5 cm. long, obovate-oblong to oblong-cuneate, rather thinly coriac., coarsely serrate-dentate, acute or acuminate to obtuse; midveins and main laterals evident above and below; terminal lamina 10-20 × 4-7 cm. Umbels terminal, compound; fls us. completely unisexual; primary rays 8-20, up to 10 cm. long; secondary rays 15-20; umbellules 10-15-fld. Calyx truncate or obscurely 5-toothed; petals 5, ovate to triangular, acute; ovary 2-loculed, 2-ovuled, style-branches 2, spreading. Fr. 5-8 mm. diam., almost black, somewhat compressed.

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