Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Epilobium brunnescens subsp. minutiflorum (Cockayne) P.H.Raven & Engelhorn, New Zealand J. Bot. 9: 350 (1971)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Epilobium pedunculare var. minutiflorum Cockayne, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 50: 172 (1917 [1918])
Description
Plant forming matted patches up to ± 20 cm. diam. Stems very slender, reddish purple; lvs on petioles ± 1 mm. long; lamina 2.5–5 mm. diam., suborbicular to broad-ovate, dark green, somewhat glossy, us. tinged dark red below. Fls minute, petals white; capsules purplish ± 10–12–(20) mm. long; peduncles filiform, purplish, up to 4 cm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Epilobium pedunculare var. minutiflorum Cockayne]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Cockayne, L. 1918: Notes on New Zealand floristic botany, including descriptions of new species, etc. (No. 3). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 50: 161–191.
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]
Raven, P.H.; Engelhorn, T. 1971: New Taxa and New Combinations in Australasian Epilobium (Onagraceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 9: 345–350.
Raven, P.H.; Raven, T. E. 1976: The Genus Epilobium (Onagraceae) in Australasia: a Systematic and Evolutionary Study. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 216: 1–321.
