Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Parsonsia capsularis var. tenuis G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 73: 160 (1943)
Description
Very slender much-branched liane up to ± 5 m. tall; branchlets almost filiform, finely pubescent. Lvs on very slender petioles up to ± 5 mm. long. Lamina patent, subcoriac., linear to linear-lanceolate, (2)–4–6–(8) cm. × 3–5 mm. (greatest width when 2 lobes are subopp.); base truncate or rounded, apex acute to apiculate (occ. lvs obtuse); margins distinctly closely lobulate, lobes diminishing from base to apex of lamina. Infl. of few-fld cymes on filiform, finely pubescent peduncles. Fls 3–4 mm. long. Calyx finely pubescent, (1)–2–3 mm. long, ± = corolla-tube; lobes ovate, acute. Corolla rose to red, pale on tube; lobes ± 3 mm. long, lanceolate-oblong, acute, revolute, Follicles ± 8 cm. × 3 mm., subterete.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
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]
Simpson, G.; Thomson, J.S. 1943: Notes on some New Zealand plants and descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 73: 155–171.
