Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Myosurus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myosurus minimus subsp. novae-zelandiae (W.R.B.Oliv.) Garn.-Jones, New Zealand J. Bot. 24: 352 (1986)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Myosurus novae-zelandiae W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 56: 4 (1926)
  • = Myosurus aristatus auct. nom. illeg., non Myosurus aristatus Benth. 1847
 Description

Plant annual, tufted, 2–8 cm. tall. Lvs linear to linear-spathulate, 5–20 × 1–2 mm., rarely larger. Scapes us. several, almost filiform, 1-fld, 1–5 cm. long (not including receptacle). Sepals minute, 5; spur minute; stamens us. 5. Receptacle ± elongating in fr., 2–10 mm. or slightly more long. Achenes c. 1 mm. long; style short, subaristate, not > 0·5 mm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Myosurus novae-zelandiae W.R.B.Oliv.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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. [Nationally Critical]
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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. [Nationally Vulnerable]
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. [Nationally Endangered]
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