Class
Order
Family
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Abrotanella linearis Berggr., Minneskr. Kongl. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Lund 8: 14, t.3, fig.28-38 (1877)
Synonymy:
Lectotype (fide Swensen 1995): Novae Zelandiae, [South Island, Westland], In monte Kelley's Hill alpinum, Martio 1874, S. Berggren s.n. (LD 1042788).
- = Brachyscome simplicifolia J.B.Armstr., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 338 (1880 [1881]) – as Brachycome simplicifolia
Lectotype (fide Heenan 2019): Armstrong Herbarium, Mt Arthur [Nelson] (CHR 634629!)
- = Abrotanella filiformis Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 47: 51 (1915)
Lectotype (fide Swensen 1995): New Zealand, Stewart Island, Wet puddles at head of Paterson's inlet, 1876, D. Petrie s.n. (WELT SP057808!)
- = Abrotanella linearis var. apiculata G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 73: 170 (1943)
Lectotype (fide Swensen 1995): New Zealand, sources of the Freeman River, 1000–1200 m, G. Simpson & J.S. Thomson s.n. (CHR 75796!).
Description
Stock stout, multicipital, stems short. Lvs rosulate, 3–7 cm. × 1–2 mm. (sts dwarfed to 1 cm. long), obtuse, somewhat coriac., ± rufous-pilose on margins near sheathing bases. Peduncles slender, 1–10 cm. long in fr., bracts lflike. Capitula solitary, paired, or few together, c. 5 mm. diam. Phyll. 7–14, narrow-oblong-obovate, subacute, 4–5 mm. long; pair of lateral nerves distant from midrib. Florets 20–25, not strongly dimorphic; achenes c. 1·5 mm. long, indistinctly ± 4-ribbed or -angled.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Armstrong, J.B. 1881: Descriptions of new and rare New Zealand plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 13: 335–343.
Berggren, S. 1877: Några nya eller ofullständigt kända Arter af Nya-Zeeländska fanerogamer. Minneskrift Utgifven af Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund 8: 1–33.
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. [Not Threatened]
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]
Heenan, P.B. 2019: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: Brachyscome simplicifolia J.B.Armstr. is a heterotypic synonym of Abrotanella linearis Berggr. (Asteraceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 57(3): 188–192.
Petrie, D. 1915: Descriptions of New Native Phanerogams, with other Short Notices. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 48–59.
Simpson, G.; Thomson, J.S. 1943: Notes on some New Zealand plants and descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 73: 155–171.
Swenson, U. 1995: Systematics of Abrotanella, an amphi-Pacific genus of Asteraceae (Senecioneae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 197(1-4): 149–193.
