Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Pachystegia Cheeseman
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pachystegia hesperia Heenan & Molloy, New Zealand J. Bot. 61: 12 (online) (2022)
Synonymy:
Type. NEW ZEALAND. Marlborough Land District, Yeo Stream, upper Awatere, Molesworth, 900 m, common on rocky bluffs near stream, quite common on bluffs in lower Yeo Stream, 13 March 2008, P. B. Heenan s.n. (holotype: CHR 595607).
Etymology:
The specific epithet hesperia (western) refers to the distribution being the western-most of the four species of Pachystegia.
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Heenan, P.B.; Molloy, B.P.J. 2023: Recognition of Pachystegia hesperia sp. nov. and notes on P. insignis, P. minor and P. rufa (Asteraceae: Astereae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 61(2-3): 158–176. (Published online: 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2022.2107939))