Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Stylidiaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phyllachne J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 115, t. 58 (1775)
 Description

Plants monoec. or polygamodioec. Fls solitary, sessile. Receptacle obconic, adnate to ovary; calyx-lobes 5–9, ± equal, corolla subregular, tube short, lobes 4–9, ± equal, staminal column erect. Epig. glands 2, semilunar. Capsule turbinate, indehiscent or irregularly dehiscent; seeds minute, ∞, obovoid. Glab. herbs, sts softly woody at base, with very densely placed short stems and branches clad in small, thick, coriac., densely imbricate, entire, sessile lvs, rounded on back. Plants forming hard cushionlike or matlike masses.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Phyllachne J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total3
 Bibliography
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1775: Characteres Generum Plantarum:quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775. Edition 1. London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.