Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Acaena Mutis ex L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acaena minor var. antarctica (Cockayne) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 363 (1961)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Acaena sanguisorbae var. antarctica Cockayne, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 36: 319 (1904)
  • ≡ Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. antarctica (Cockayne) Bitter, Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 496 (1912)
  • ≡ Acaena anserinifolia var. antarctica (Cockayne) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4 Suppl.: 602 (1917)
  • = Acaena sanguisorbae var. aucklandica Bitter, Biblioth. Bot. 74: 274 (1911)
 Description

Larger in all parts except heads; lvs up to 9·5 cm. long, upper lflts 18–20 mm. long, scapes 6–7 cm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Bitter, G. 1911: Die Gattung Acaena. Vorstudien zu einer Monographie. Bibliotheca Botanica 74: 249–336.
Bitter, G. 1912: Weitere Untersuchungen Über die Gattung Acaena. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 10: 489–507.
Cockayne, L. 1904: A botanical excursion during midwinter to the southern islands of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 36: 225–333.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
Druce, G. C. 1917 ("1916"): Nomenclatural Notes: Chiefly African and Australian. Report / Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles for 1916, 4 Suppl.: 601–653.