Class
Order
Family
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aciphylla dobsonii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 93 (1864) – as dobsoni
Synonymy:
Lectotype (designated by Oliver 1956): Mount Dobson, Tekapo Lake, [Dobson &] Haast 623, 1862, K K000685226; Residual syntypes: near Lake Hawea, Haast 56, 1863, K K000685225; above Lake Hawea, Haast s.n., Mar. 1862, CHR 329877
Description
Stock very stout, woody, multicipital, giving rise to close-set rosettes up to 15 cm. diam., the whole plant sts forming a cushionlike mass up to 6 dm. diam.; taproot up to c. 2 cm. diam., deeply descending. Lf-sheaths ± 5 cm. × 15 mm., thick, rigid; margins cartilaginous. Stipules ± 2 cm. long, c. 3 mm. wide at base, tapering to a hard mucro. Lamina rigid, coriac., slightly > stipules, with spinose apex. Stems stout. grooved, up to c. 3 dm. tall including the subcapitate infl. Primary rays 4–5, short, stout; umbels and umbellules crowded; bract-sheaths up to 4 × 2 cm., with stipules and lamina up to 5 cm. long and 9 mm. wide at base. Fr. narrow-oblong, up to 3·5 mm. long; mericarps 4–5-winged.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Gosden, J.; Courtney, S.P.; Fergus, A.J.; Barkla, J.W.; Beadel, S.M.; Champion, P.D., Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Makan, T.; Michel, P. 2024: Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 43. [Not threatened]
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Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.
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