Class
Order
Family
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aciphylla hectorii Buchanan, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 346, pl. 27 (1881 [1882])
Synonymy:
- = Aciphylla poppelwelli var. major Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 53: 370 (1921)
- = Aciphylla poppelwelli Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 53: 369 (1921) – as Aciphylla Poppelwelli
Description
Small tufted plant up to c. 25 cm. tall including infl. Lf-sheaths 3–5 cm. × 8–10 mm., thin; stipules lflike, rather rigid, 5–6 cm. × 5 mm., oblong, abruptly narrowed to acicular apex; petioles stiff, flat, coriac., up to 1 cm. long. Pinnae 1 pair, approximate to terminal lflt. 3·5–6·5 cm. × 3–4 mm., rigid, margins finely crenulate-serrulate, abruptly narrowed to pungent apex. Stems of male plants 2–3 dm. long including dense to open infl. ± 8–15 cm. long. Bract-sheaths up to c. 15 mm. long; stipules very narrow, spreading, pungent, c. 1 cm. long; lamina up to 2 cm. long. Umbels ± 10 mm. diam., on very slender rays; umbellules very small, on filiform rays. Stems of female plants grooved, up to 3 dm. long including dense infl up to c. 15 cm. long. Bract-sheaths c. 10 × 5 mm., submembr.; stipules up to 2 cm. long; lamina ± 3 cm. long. Umbels ± enclosed in sheaths, on short rays; umbellules small, close-set, on very short rays. Fr. ± 4 mm. long; mericarps 3–5-winged.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Buchanan, J. 1882: On the alpine flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 342–356.
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. [Not Threatened]
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. [Not Threatened]
Petrie, D. 1921: Descriptions of new native flowering-plants, with a few notes. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 53: 365–371.
