Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Loganiaceae
Genus
Geniostoma J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Geniostoma ligustrifolium A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 46 (1839) var. ligustrifolium
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Geniostoma rupestre var. ligustrifolium (A.Cunn.) B.J.Conn in Connor & Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 140 (1987)
 Description

Glab. bushy shrub up to ± 3 m. tall; branches slender, brittle. Lvs on petioles 5–10 mm. long; lamina us. membr., pale green above, paler below (sts subglaucous); (2.5)–5–7–(9) × (1·5)–2–3–(4) cm.; ovate to broad- to elliptic-ovate, rather abruptly narrowed to acuminate apex. Infl. a cyme up to c.3 cm. diam., pedicels slender, bracted, 3–5–(10) mm. long. Calyx ± 3 mm. long; lobes ovate, acuminate, ciliolate. Corolla ± 6 mm. long, greenish to clear white; tube short, lobes at length spreading, pubescent on upper surface, ciliolate, acuminate. Anther-connective produced, lobes divergent. Ovary subglobose, style short, stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ± 5 mm. diam., 5–7–(10) mm. long, splitting into 2 mucronate valves. Seeds ∞, 1–2 mm. long, testa greyish, minutely pitted, long remaining attached to apex.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Geniostoma ligustrifolium A.Cunn.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Conn, B.J. 1980: A taxonomic revision of Geniostoma subg. Geniostoma (Loganiaceae). Blumea 26: 245–364. [as Geniostoma rupestre var. ligustrifolium (A.Cunn.) B.J.Conn]
Connor, H.E.; Edgar, E. 1987: Name changes in the indigenous New Zealand flora, 1960–1986 and Nomina Nova IV, 1983–1986. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 115–170.
Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 2: 44–52.
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. [Not Threatened]
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. [Not Threatened]
Murray, B.G.; de Lange, P. J. 1999: Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora - 35. Miscellaneous families. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37: 511–521.