Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Dracophyllum Labill.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Dracophyllum sinclairii Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 421 (1906)
Synonymy:
Type: New Zealand. Manukau Bay (Green Bay, Manukau Bay), W. Colenso s.n. (lecto: K000844549!), designated by Oliver (1952).
  • = Dracophyllum adamsii Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 55: 435 (1924)
Type: New Zealand. Waiapu County, roadside near mouth of Awatere River, Jan. 1897. J. Adams & D. Petrie s.n.(lecto: WELT 55082!; isolecto: CHR 332735!, WELT 55081!, 55084!, WELTU 4240!.), designated by Oliver (1952).
  • = Dracophyllum viride W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. New Zealand Inst. 59: 699 (1929)
Type: New Zealand. Mangonui County, Spirit’s Bay, Peria, 28 Nov. 1916. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (lecto: WELT 33297!; isolecto: AK 105638!, WELT 13558!.), designated by Oliver (1952).
Etymology:
Named after Dr Andrew Sinclair (1794–1861), naval surgeon and plant collector.
 Description

Erect, up to 3 m. or occ. 6 m. tall; branches with blackish brown bark; branchlets slender. Lvs subcoriac., spreading to somewhat reflexed; sheath gradually narrowed into lamina ± 3·5–12.5 cm. × (3)–4–8 mm., narrowed into long acuminate apex; margins finely serrulate. Infl. of clustered 4–8-fld racemes c. 2.5–5 cm. long, terminal or subterminal on short lateral branchlets. Bracts persistent, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Sepals acute, ± ciliolate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, ± = corolla-tube, which is c. 4 mm. long. Anthers included, style stout, capsule concealed by persistent sepals.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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