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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Anaphalioides subrigida (Colenso) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 101 (1991) – as subrigidum
Synonymy:
- ≡ Gnaphalium subrigidum Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 17: 245 (1884 [1885]) – as Gnaphalium sub-rigidum
- ≡ Anaphalis subrigida (Colenso) C.J.Webb, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 147 (1987)
- = Gnaphalium keriense var. linifolia Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 138 (1853)
Description
Plant erect, candelabriform. Stems 1.5-3.5 mm diameter. Branches sparse, 10-25 cm long, roots from the branches absent, dark purple distally, internodes 1-3 mm. Leaves at 45° to the stem, 14—24 mm long, 1.7-5.0 mm wide, narrowly oblong; apiculus 0.4 mm long, dark red; upper surface glabrous; veins entering leaf 3; margins revolute. Flowering stem 22-27 cm long, 0.8-1.0 mm diameter, dark purple, densely hairy, transition to scape leaves abrupt; scape leaves very narrowly ovate, 9-10 mm long, 0.6-1.0 mm wide. Inflorescence compound, capitula per inflorescence 6-9. Capitula 9-13 mm diameter in dried specimens. Receptacle 2.2-3.0 mm diameter, conical, 0.5- 1.3 mm high. Outer involucral bracts 4.7-5.7 mm long, 0.6-1.9 mm wide; gap clear. Inner involucral bracts 3.8-6.1 mm long, 0.5-1.3 mm wide. Hermaphrodite florets 2.52 mm long; corolla 2.2- 2.7 mm long, 0.6 mm wide, lobes 0.45 mm long; anthers 1.03-1.1 mm long, 0.17 mm wide, apices 0.15 mm long, anther tails, 0.2 mm long; style 2 mm long; pappus hairs 10-15 per floret, 1.75-2.35 mm long, apical cells clavate. Female florets 2.56- 2.76 mm long; corolla 1.9-2.4 mm long; style 1.87- 2.2 mm long; style arms 0.25 mm long; pappus hairs 5-11 per floret, 1.4-2.0 mm long, apical cells clavate. Achenes 0.60 mm long, 0.20-0.24 mm diameter, hairs absent. Florets 170-251, female florets 81-90% of total number.
[Reproduced from Glenny (1997, New Zealand J. Bot. 35: 451-477) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Anderberg, A. A. 1991: Taxonomy and phylogeny of the tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 1–195.
Colenso, W. 1885 ("1884"): A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 237–265.
Connor, H.E.; Edgar, E. 1987: Name changes in the indigenous New Zealand flora, 1960–1986 and Nomina Nova IV, 1983–1986. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 115–170.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Glenny, D. 1997: A revision of the genus Anaphalioides (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 35(4): 451–477.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): 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. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
