Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Dracophyllum latifolium A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 48 (1839)
Synonymy:
Type: New Zealand. Bay of Islands, dry woods on the Kana Kana [Kawakawa] River, 1826. A. Cunningham s.n. (lecto: BM!; isolecto: MEL!; WELT 79400!), designated by Oliver (1952).
- = Dracophyllum recurvatum Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 21: 92 (1889)
Type: New Zealand. Hills around Lake Waikare [Lake Waikaremoana], on high grounds, 1888. H.T. Hill & T. Kirk s.n. (holo: WELT 23606!, iso: AK 6904!; K!; WELT!).
- = Dracophyllum latifolium var. matthewsii Carse, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 48: 238 (1916)
- ≡ Dracophyllum matthewsii (Carse) Carse, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 56: 86 (1926)
Type: New Zealand. North Island, near Kaitaia, Taumatamahoe, 1900 feet [~579 m], Oct. 1913. H. Carse & H.B. Matthews s.n. (holo: CHR 332571!; iso: AK 6910!, AK6911!), designated by Oliver (1952).
Etymology:
Vernacular Name(s):
Emiemi; Needle-leaved neinei; Neinei; Spider wood; Taritari; Taritari-āwha
Description
Tree up to c. 7 m. tall, trunk up to c. 3 dm. diam., bark rough; branches candelabra-like. Lvs in dense clusters towards apex of branches, ± squarrosely spreading to reflexed, coriac., glab. Sheath c. 4 × 2.5 cm., gradually tapering into lamina ± 25–60 × 2.5–3·5 cm., gradually narrowing into very long fine point; margins very minutely serrulate-crenulate. Panicle rather slender, ± 15–30–(45) cm. long; at first erect or ascending, drooping in fruiting stage; branches close-set, ± 3·5 cm. long, at acute angle to axis. Bracts ovate-oblong, pubescent. Fls close-set on pubescent pedicels c. 3–4 mm. long. Sepals short, broad-ovate, acute to subacute, reflexed. Corolla-tube ± 3 mm. long, lobes oblong, obtuse, reddish. Anthers slightly exserted. Capsule depressed-globose, c. 2.5 mm. diam.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–Jan.
Bibliography
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Carse, H. 1926: Botanical notes, including descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 56: 80–86.
Colenso, W. 1889: A description of some newly-discovered Phænogamic plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 21: 80–108.
Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 2: 44–52.
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