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Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Craspedia robusta (Hook.f.) Cockayne, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 45: 262 (1913)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Craspedia fimbriata var. robusta Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 131 (1853)
Description
Rosette-lvs 10–20 × 2–4 cm., petiole about = lamina, submembr., venation evident; narrow elliptic-obovate tapering to apiculate tip, to broad obovate-spathulate; glab. to ± clad in subhispid hairs, margins ciliate to nude, without distinct fringe of hairs. Lower scape-lvs oblong-spathulate to broad-obovate or ovate, up to 10 × 3 cm. Scapes stout, deeply grooved, up to 60 cm. or more tall, up to 5 mm. diam.; glab. to sparsely clad in stiff hairs. Glomerules 2.5–4 cm. or more diam.; phyll. 4 mm. long, oblong; florets 4 mm. long. Achenes c. 2 mm. long, densely to sparsely clad in subappressed hairs; pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Cockayne, L. 1913 ("1912"): Some Hitherto-unrecorded Plant-habitats. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 45: 251–263.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
