Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Solenogyne Cass.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Solenogyne christensenii (Petrie) de Lange, Jian Wang ter & Barkla in de Lange et al., Ukr. Bot. J. 77: 75 (2020)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Abrotanella christensenii Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 47: 51 (1915)
Type: New Zealand, South Island, Amuri, Hanmer Plains, March 1912, C.E. Christensen (holotype: WELT SP02098)
Etymology:
Petrie (1915) named this species after Charles E. Christensen (1876–1938) who was the first person to collect this species during his botanical exploration of the vegetation of Hanmer Plain, Amuri District, North Canterbury, New Zealand (Godley, 1994).
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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 Abrotanella christensenii Petrie] [Nationally Critical]
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 Abrotanella christensenii Petrie] [Data Deficient]
de Lange, P.J.; Wang, J.; Barkla, J.W.; Marshall, A. 2020: Solenogyne christensenii, comb. nov. (Asteraceae: Astereae), a new combination for a New Zealand species. Ukrainian Botanical Journal 77(2): 73–80.
Petrie, D. 1915: Descriptions of New Native Phanerogams, with other Short Notices. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 48–59.
Swenson, U. 1993: The identity of Abrotanella christensenii Petrie (Asteraceae). Compositae Newsletter 23: 3–6. [as Abrotanella christensenii Petrie]