Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Azorella schizeilema G.M.Plunkett & A.N.Nicolas, Brittonia 69: epublished (2016)
Synonymy:
- = Azorella reniformis (Hook.f.) Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 193 (1899) nom. illeg., non Azorella reniformis (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. 1805
- = Schizeilema reniforme (Hook.f.) Domin, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 581 (1908)
Description
Glab. herb with slender rhizomes emitting short stolons. Lvs clustered, on rather stout petioles (2)–4–5–(6) cm. long. Lamina (5)–10–15–(20) mm. diam., reniform to suborbicular, subcoriac., bright green. crenate; margins hardly thickened; base with us. open ± cordate sinus. Stipules entre, acuminate to acute. Umbels 3–8-fld on rather stout peduncles up to c. 3 cm. long; involucral bracts linear, obtuse. Fls subsessile; calyx-teeth acute; petals c. 1 mm. long. Fr. tetragonous, pale, c. 2–3 mm. long. Mericarps 5-ribbed, sts obscurely so.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1. as Schizeilema reniforme (Hook.f.) Domin]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Nov.–Feb.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [as Schizeilema reniforme (Hook.f.) Domin] [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76. [as Schizeilema reniforme (Hook.f.) Domin]
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. [as Schizeilema reniforme (Hook.f.) Domin] [Naturally Uncommon]
Domin, K. 1908: Uber eine neue austral-antarktische Umbelliferen-Gattung. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40: 573–575.
Kirk,T. 1899: The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands. Government Printer, Wellington, N.Z.
Plunkett, G.M; Nicolas, A.N. 2017: Assessing Azorella (Apiaceae) and its allies: Phylogenetics and a new classification. Brittonia 69(1): 31–61. [First Online: 15 September 2016]
