Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Sapindales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rutaceae
Genus
Leionema (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Leionema nudum (Hook.) Paul G.Wilson
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Phebalium nudum Hook., Icon. Pl. 6, t. 568 (1843)
 Description

Glab. aromatic much-branched shrub up to ± 3 m. tall; branchlets slender, ascending; bark reddish. Lvs alt., on very short ± twisted petioles; lamina coriac., ± 25–45 × 5–10 mm., narrow- to lanceolate oblong, obtuse, minutely crenulate, brownish green above, reddish below, gland-dotted. Infl. a terminal corymb up to c. 5 cm. diam.; peduncle and pedicels slender, reddish, ± scurfy. Fls 8–10 mm. diam., fragrant; sepals minute, pubescent, triangular; petals c. 4–6 mm. long, white, linear, apex inflexed. Staminal filaments c. 6–8 mm. long. Pistil 5-lobed. Cocci us. 1–2 maturing (1–2 aborted), about rhomboid, ± 4 mm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Phebalium nudum Hook.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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]
Hooker, W.J. 1843: Icones Plantarum. Vol. 6. Baillière, London.
Wilson, P.G. 1998: New species and nomenclatural changes in Phebalium and related genera (Rutaceae). Nuytsia (12): 267–288.