Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hectorella Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 27 (1864)
Type Taxon:
Description
Fls hermaphrodite, terminal on short lateral branches; two outer members variously interpreted as sepals or prophylls enclosing petaloid per. of 5 imbricate members; stamens 5, hypog., alternating with per. segs; filaments long and adnate to per. at base, anthers dorsifixed and extrorse; ovary unilocular, ovoid, narrowed into erect style with 2 triangular stigma lobes alternating with prophylls; ovules 4–5, on slender funicles, embryo curved. Fr. capsular but ind. Densely tufted glab. perennial cushion plants with entire lvs imbricated all round stem. Monotypic genus confined to N.Z.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Mabberley, D.J. 2017: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 4. Cambridge University Press.
Nyffeler, R.; Eggli, U. 2010: Disintegrating Portulacaceae: A new familial classification of the suborder Portulacineae (Caryophyllales) based on molecular and morphological data. Taxon 59(1): 227–240.
