Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Senecio L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Senecio matatini subsp. discoideus (Cheeseman) Courtney, de Lange & Pelser in Liew et al., New Zealand J. Bot. 59: online (2021)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Senecio lautus var. discoideus Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 374 (1906)
  • ≡ Senecio glaucophyllus subsp. discoideus (Cheeseman) Ornduff, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 88: 73-74, fig 7 (1960)
LECTOTYPE: T.F. Cheeseman s.n. Jan. 1888 (AK 10596!).
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.
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. [as Senecio glaucophyllus subsp. discoideus (Cheeseman) Ornduff] [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. [as Senecio glaucophyllus subsp. discoideus (Cheeseman) Ornduff] [Not Threatened]
Liew, C.-S.; Courtney, S.P,; de Lange, P.J.; Pelser, P.B. 2021: Taxonomic realignment of Senecio glaucophyllus (Asteraceae; Senecioneae) necessitates a new name for a widespread New Zealand species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 59(3): 376–396.
Ornduff, R. 1960: An interpretation of the Senecio lautus complex in New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88: 63–77.