Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Umbelliferae
Genus
Gingidia J.W.Dawson
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Gingidia enysii (Kirk) J.W.Dawson, Kew Bull. 29: 476 (1974)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Ligusticum enysii Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 9: 548 (1877)
  • ≡ Anisotome enysii (Kirk) Laing, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 49 (1926 [1927]) – as Anisotome Enysii
  • ≡ Gingidium enysii (Kirk) J.W.Dawson, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 33: 6 (1961)
  • = Ligusticum patulum Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 203 (1899)
  • ≡ Anisotome patula (Kirk) Cockayne (1919)
  • = Gingidium enysii var. spathulatum J.W.Dawson, New Zealand J. Bot. 5: 106 (1967)
 Description

Plants not or slightly rhizomatous. Leaves 1- to 2-pinnate, more or less subfleshy, (2-)4-12(-20) cm long. Leaflets (2-) 3-8 (-10) pairs (very rarely reduced to terminal leaflet only), shape and form very variable from linear, ovate, spathulate to suborbicular; simple, deeply pinnately incised (sometimes palmately) or pinnate; serrations usually irregular; usually distinctly glaucous on both surfaces; 4-30 mm long. Petiolules present in proximal leaflets, or absent. Inflorescence 4-15(-25) cm long; umbels 1–3(–4) per inflorescence; umbellets (1-)2-5(-6) per umbel; flowers 2-16 per umbellet. Bracts fused; bracteoles 3-5, usually somewhat fused, sometimes free. Mericarps 3-6 mm long; lateral ridges not winged (or rarely very slightly winged).

[Reproduced from Webb (1977, New Zealand J. Bot. 15: 639–643) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Cameron, E.K. et al. 1995: New Zealand Botanical Society threatened and local plant lists (1995 revision). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 39: 15–28.
Cockayne, L.; Allan, H.H. 1927 ("1926"): Notes on New Zealand floristic botany, including descriptions of new species, & c. (No. 5). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 48–72.
Connor, H.E.; Edgar, E. 1987: Name changes in the indigenous New Zealand flora, 1960–1986 and Nomina Nova IV, 1983–1986. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 115–170.
Dawson, J.W. 1961: A revision of the genus Anisotome (Umbelliferae). University of California Publications in Botany 33: 1–98.
Dawson, J.W. 1967: The New Zealand species of Gingidium (Umbelliferae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 5: 84–116.
Dawson, J.W. 1974: Validation of Gingidia (Umbelliferae). Kew Bulletin 29: 476–476.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [as Anisotome patula (Kirk) Cockayne; Gingidium enysii (Kirk) J.W.Dawson var. enysii; Gingidium enysii var. peninsulare J.W.Dawson] [Declining; Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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. [as Anisotome patula (Kirk) Cockayne; Gingidium enysii (Kirk) J.W.Dawson var. enysii; Gingidium enysii var. peninsulare J.W.Dawson] [Declining; Nationally Endangered; Naturally Uncommon]
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. [as Anisotome patula (Kirk) Cockayne; Gingidium enysii (Kirk) J.W.Dawson var. enysii; Gingidium enysii var. peninsulare J.W.Dawson] [Declining; Naturally Uncommon]
Heenan, P.B.; Houliston, G.J.; Mitchell, C.M. 2021: Microsatellite markers for Gingidia enysii and G. baxterae (Apiaceae) and their taxonomic utility. New Zealand Journal of Botany 59(4): 489–496.
Kirk, T. 1877: Descriptions of new plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 9: 547–552.
Kirk,T. 1899: The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands. Government Printer, Wellington, N.Z.
Webb, C.J. 1977: Gingidia baxteri and Gingidia enysii (Umbelliferae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(3): 639–643.