Class
Order
Family
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aciphylla ×intermedia Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 44: 180 (1911)
Synonymy:
Lectotype (designated by Allan 1961, with first-step by Oliver 1956): Mount Holdsworth, Aston s.n., Jan. 1908, WELT SP002119; Isolectotypes: CHR 329748, WELT SP012876; Residual
syntype: Mount Holdsworth, Aston s.n., Mar. 1907, WELT SP012873
- = Ligusticum oreophilum Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 44: 181 (1911) nom. inval., nom. nud. – as oreophila
Description
Tufted, up to 6 dm. tall; taproot stout; lvs 2–3-pinnate up to 25–(50) cm. long, margins thickened, apex with spinulose process ± 2 mm. long. Sheaths membr., 7–10 × 1–2 cm., gradually tapering to 1–2-pinnate stipules up to c. 4 cm. long with linear pungent segs; petioles c. 3 cm. long, lowest internodes c. 2 cm. long. Primary pinnae 4–5–(8) pairs, ± 8–12 cm. × 4–5 mm.; secondary pinnae 4–6–(8) pairs, 1–3 cm. long, irregularly cut to middle into acicular segs, or again pinnately divided. Stems of male and female plants similar, up to 6 dm. × 2.5 cm., deeply grooved; infl. broad-oblong, up to 30 cm. long, densely fld. Bracts ∞, lower verticillate; sheaths ± 3 cm. long; stipules spinulose, up to 15 mm. long; lamina (1)–2–3-pinnate, lower ± 6 cm. long. Umbels up to ± 5 cm. diam., compact, sts polygamous, ± exceeded by sheaths; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate. Fr. c. 8 mm. long; mericarps with 5–(4) narrow wings.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
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)
Petrie, D. 1911: Descriptions of new native species of phanerogams. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 44: 179–187.
