Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile

Classification

Class

Magnoliopsida Brongn.

Order

Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Family

Ranunculaceae

Subordinate Taxa

Nomenclature

Scientific Name:

Caltha L., Sp. Pl. 558 (1753)

Synonymy:

≡ Psychrophila (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl (1823)
= Caltha sect. Psychrophila DC.

Vernacular Name(s):

Marsh marigold

Description

Fls few to 1, perfect, regular, hypog. Sepals 5–10, petaloid, yellow or white; petals 0; stamens ∞; carpels 5–11, ovules several in 2 series. Fruit of a few follicles, each with several to many seeds. Perennial herbs with creeping rhizomes and ± cordate radical lvs.

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

Biostatus

Indigenous (Non-endemic)

Number of species in New Zealand within *Caltha* L.
Category	Number
Indigenous (Endemic)	2
Exotic: Casual	1
Total	3

Bibliography

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

Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.

Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.

Schuettpelz, E.; Hoot, S.B. 2004: Phylogeny and biogeography of Caltha (Ranunculaceae) based on chlroroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 91(2): 247–253.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch. [as Psychrophila (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl]

Weber, W.A. 1982: New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora. 2. Phytologia 51: 369–376. [as Psychrophila (DC.) Bercht. & J.Presl]

Caltha L.