Class
Order
Family
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aciphylla indurata Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 47: 40 (1914)
Synonymy:
Lectotype (designated by Oliver 1956): Mt Lyell, W Townson 124A, no date, AK 6431
Residual syntypes: Mt Lyell, W Townson 123, no date, AK 6430 [A. colensoi?]; Mt Lyell, W Townson s.n., no date, WELT SP012851 [A. colensoi × A. hookeri], SP013791 [A. colensoi × A. hookeri?]; Brunner Range, W Townson s.n., no date, WELT SP012853, CHR 329867 [both A. colensoi × A. hookeri]; Paparoa Range, W Townson s.n., no date, WELT SP012852, SP012879 [both A. hookeri × A. horrida].
Description
Stock stout, simple or branched; taproot deeply descending; stem stout, up to c. 6 dm. tall. Lvs ± 3 dm. long, pinnate; pinnae 3-foliolate or the lowest again pinnate. Sheaths c. 5 × 1 cm., thin, tapering to spinous-pointed stipules up to 2 cm. long (stipules occ. vestigial). Petioles 3–5 cm. long; midrib stout, winged; lower internodes 2–3 cm. long, midrib prominent. Primary pinnae us. 3–6 pairs, up to c. 15 cm. long. Terminal lflt up to 14 cm. × 5–8 mm., striate, with strong reddish to yellow midrib; margins thickened, serrulate-crenulate, apex pungent. Stems of male plants stout, up to 6 dm. × 10 mm. including stout oblong infl. up to 3 dm. long. Bracts ∞, sheaths up to 4 cm. × 14 mm.; stipules rigid, ± 10 mm. long; lamina us. simple, ± 5 cm. × 2–3 mm. Umbels on very slender primary rays ± 10 mm. long; umbellules up to c. 5 mm. diam., on few capillary rays. Stems of female plants up to 6 dm. × 10 mm.; infl. more compact. Bract-sheaths ± 4 cm. × 10 mm.; stipules up to c. 10 × 2 mm., gradually narrowed to pungent apex; lamina on petiole up to 10 mm. long, with a pair of 3-foliolate lflts, somewhat squarrose; longest lflt up to c. 4 cm. long. Umbels ∞, ± concealed by bracts. Fr. ± 3–4 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1914: Notes on Aciphylla, with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 47: 39–44.
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. [Naturally uncommon]
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. [Data Deficient]
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. [Data Deficient]
Perrie, L.R.; Glenny, D.S.; Shepherd, L.D. 2025: Taxonomic synopsis of Aciphylla (Apiaceae): accepted species, nomenclature, and hybridisation. New Zealand Journal of Botany: 1–41 (online) . (Published online: 21 May 2025 https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2025.2498442)
