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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Vellereophyton Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 210-211 (1981)
Description
Annual or perennial herbs. Lvs alternate, simple, entire. Capitula few to numerous in corymbose clusters. Involucral bracts in 3–5 rows, imbricate, membranous; innermost bracts with stereome fenestrated in upper 1/2and concave around outer florets at base, and with white radiating lamina. Florets all ☿ and tubular, or few to many outer florets ♀ and narrow-tubular. Achenes all similar, smooth; pappus hairs in 1 row, subplumose in upper part, denticulate toward base.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Hilliard, O. M.; Burtt, B. L. 1981: Some generic concepts in Compositae -- Gnaphaliinae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 181–232.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
