Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Alseuosmia A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 209 (1839)
Vernacular Name(s):
Matuku-roimata; Toropapa
Description
Fls axillary or on naked wood, solitary or in small cymose fasicles; pedicels bracted. Receptacle adnate to ovary; sepals 5–4, ± united at base, valvate; corolla funnelform to tubular, long, valvately 5–4-lobed. Stamens 5, inserted near throat. Disk epig., anthers exserted; ovary 2-loculed, locules 2–5-ovuled. Style filiform, elongate; stigma clavate to capitate. Berry ellipsoid to globose; seeds with bony reticulate testa; endosperm cop., fleshy. Erect or spreading shrubs with alt., exstipulate lvs of very diverse size and shape; petioles often expanded and subamplexicaul at base; fls very fragrant; berry us. crimson. Genus endemic to N.Z.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 5 |
| Total | 5 |
Bibliography
Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae Insularum Novae Zelandiae Precursor. Annals of Natural History 2: 209.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2014: Evidence-based review of the taxonomic status of New Zealand’s endemic seed plant genera. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 163–212.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Shepherd, L.D.; de Lange, P.J.; Townsend, A.; Perrie, L.P. 2020: A biological and ecological review of the endemic New Zealand genus Alseuosmia (toropapa; Alseuosmiaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 58(1): xx–xx.
