Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Humulus L., Sp. Pl. 1028 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Hop
 Description

Scandent perennials. Lvs opposite, 5–7-nerved from the base, cordate and undivided or 3–7-lobed, serrate. Infls pendulous; ♀ infl. spicate, cone-like at fruiting, with broad, membranous, persistent, laxly imbricate bracts. Achene covered by the persistent, often glandular calyx; embryo spirally involuted; cotyledons narrow.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Humulus L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.