Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Drosanthemum Schwantes, Z. Sukkulentenk.
3: 29 (1927)
Description
Erect to trailing perennial succulent shrublets. Lvs opposite, sessile, 3-angled to terete, papillate; papillae glittering. Fls solitary or in cymes on short lateral branchlets, pedicellate, ebracteate. Sepals 5: 3 triangular with expanded membranous margins, 2 clavate. Petals numerous, > sepals, free; stamens numerous; staminodes often present. Placentation parietal. Stigmas 4–6, filiform to lanceolate or plumose. Capsule 4–6-locular; expanding keels contiguous, parallel or diverging; wings present; locules with lids; placental tubercle reduced or 0. Seeds small, ribbed and tuberculate.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Schwantes, M.H.G. 1927: Zeitschrift für Sukkulentenkunde 3: 29.
