Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile | Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae var. lobulata

Classification

Class

Magnoliopsida Brongn.

Order

Apiales Nakai

Family

Araliaceae

Genus

Hydrocotyle L.

Nomenclature

Scientific Name:

Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae var. lobulata Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 189 (1899)

Description

Lamina very thin, pilose above and below. Peduncles > petioles. Mericarps deeply grooved on each face, the fr. appearing 4-lobed; mericarps turgid, rounded on dorsal edge.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

Biostatus

Indigenous (Endemic)

Bibliography

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

Kirk,T. 1899: The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands. Government Printer, Wellington, N.Z.

Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae var. lobulata Kirk