Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Oxalidales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Cunoniaceae
Genus
Pterophylla D.Don
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pterophylla sylvicola var. betulina (A.Cunn.) Pillon & H.C.Hopkins in Pillon et al., Amer. J. Bot. 108: 19 (2021)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Weinmannia betulina A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 357 (1839)
  • ≡ Weinmannia sylvicola var. betulina (A.Cunn.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 79 (1852)
 Description

Lflts obovate, crenate, us. 3-foliolate; terminal lflt 2–3·5 × 1·5–2 cm., on petiolule c. 1 cm. long or less; lateral 2–3 × 1–1·5 cm., subsessile.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1. as Weinmannia sylvicola var. betulina (A.Cunn.) Hook.f.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 2: 356–360.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
Pillon, Y.; Hopkins, H.C.F.; Maurin, O.; Epitawalage, N.; Bradford, J.; Rogers, Z.S.; Baker, W.J.; Forest, F. 2021: Phylogenomics and biogeography of Cunoniaceae (Oxalidales) with complete generic sampling and taxonomic realignments. American Journal of Botany 108(7): 1–20.