Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Phrymaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Glossostigma Wight & Arn. in Arnott, Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 355 (1836)
Synonymy:
  • = Tricholoma Benth. in de Candolle, Prodr. 10 426 (1864)
Type Taxon:
Glossostigma spathulatum Arn.
 Description

Fls minute, axillary, solitary, ebracteate. Calyx subcampanulate, shortly obtusely 3–4-lobed. Corolla-tube short, lobes 5, subequal. Stamens 2 or 4, inserted on corolla-tube, filaments filiform, anther-cells diverging at base, confluent at apex. Ovary 2-celled, style dilated in upper part into a broad spathulate stigmatic lamella us. curving over stamens. Capsule globular to ovoid, covered by persistent calyx, 2-valved, loculicidally dehiscent from central axis. Seeds small, ovoid. Slender creeping matted herbs rooting at nodes. Lvs entire, opp. or in fascicles.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Glossostigma Wight & Arn.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Indigenous (Non-endemic)2
Total3
 Bibliography
Arnott, G.A.W. 1836: Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 13(1)
Barker, W.R. 1992: New Australasian species of Peplidium and Glossostigma (Scrophulariaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 71–74.
Barker, W.R.; Nesom, G.L.; Beardsley, P.M.; Fraga, N.S. 2012: A taxonomic conspectus of Phrymaceae: A narrowed circumscriptions for Mimulus, new and resurrected genera, and new names and combinations. Phytoneuron 2012-39: 1–60.
de Candolle, A.P. 1846: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 10. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.