Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile

Classification

Class

Magnoliopsida Brongn.

Order

Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Family

Ranunculaceae

Subordinate Taxa

Myosurus minimus

Nomenclature

Scientific Name:

Myosurus L., Sp. Pl. 284 (1753)

Description

Scapes us. several, nude, each with 1 minute fl.; sepals us. 5, minutely spurred at base; petals 5 or 0; stamens 5–20; achenes ∞, crowded on a long slender receptacle. Tiny annual herbs with tufted linear-spathulate lvs.

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

Biostatus

Indigenous (Non-endemic)

Number of species in New Zealand within *Myosurus* L.
Category	Number
Indigenous (Non-endemic)	1
Total	1

Bibliography

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.

Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.

Myosurus L.