Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Celmisia spectabilis subsp. magnifica (Allan) Given, New Zealand J. Bot. 22: 146-147 (1984)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Celmisia spectabilis var. magnifica Allan, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 76: 592 (1947)
Description
Plant forming mats up to 2 m across. Leaf lamina (7)-17-(29) × (1)-2-(4.5) cm, ratio of length to width 5.6-10; abaxial tomentum pale buff; lamina base cuneate to cuneate-truncate. Sheath green to pale purple. Corolla of disc florets, and achene as in ssp. lanceolata.
[Reproduced from Given (1984, New Zealand J. Bot. 22: 139-158) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Allan, H.H. 1947: Notes on New Zealand Floristic Botany, Including Description of New Species etc. (No. 8). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 76: 589–596.
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. [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. [Not Threatened]
Given, D. R. 1984: A taxonomic revision of Celmisia subgenus Pelliculatae section Petiolatae (Compositae -- Astereae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 22: 139–158.
Given, D.R. 1972: The Infra-specific Taxonomy of Celmisia spectabilis Hook.f. (Compositae: Astereae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 10: 180–194. [as Celmisia spectabilis var. magnifica Allan]
