Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Daboecia D.Don, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 17: 160 (1834)
Description
Small evergreen shrubs or shrublets. Lvs alternate, shortly petiolate, whitish tomentose below, entire. Fls pedicellate in terminal, bracteate, glandular racemes. Calyx 4-lobed almost to base, persistent. Corolla urceolate, deciduous, with 4 very short revolute lobes. Stamens usually 8, included; anthers awnless, dehiscing by apical pores. Capsule 4-valved, septicidal. Seeds numerous, rather warty.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Don, D. 1834: An attempt at a new arrangement of the Ericaceae. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 17: 150–160.
Kubitzki, K. 2004: VI Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celestrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Spinger-Verlag, Berlin. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
