Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sonchus L., Sp. Pl. 793 (1753)
Synonymy:
- = Kirkianella Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 761, 972 (1961)
- = Embergeria Boulos in Eichler, Fl. S. Austral. [J.M. Black], Suppl. 332 (1965)
Type Taxon:
Vernacular Name(s):
Manga; Pūhā; Pūwhā; Sow thistle
Description
Annual to perennial herbs, taprooted or roots creeping and perennating. Tomentum generally confined to infls, or 0, composed of fine tangled and branched and/or long glandular or eglandular hairs. Stems usually branching above. Lvs basal and cauline, undivided to 1–(2)-pinnatifid. Capitula terminal and axillary, pedunculate, sometimes ± umbellate. Involucral bracts usually with tangled short white branching hairs, often with longer glandular or eglandular hairs, rarely glabrous; outer bracts small; inner bracts becoming larger, not in distinct rows. Receptacle mammillate, glabrous or with small scales or fine hairs. Corolla ligulate, yellow, or ligule pinkish beneath. Style branches filiform, dark. Achenes brown, numerous, weakly or strongly flattened, 3–5-ribbed on each face, winged or not; beak 0; pappus > achene, soft, white; bristles of 2 types, both scabrid: fine hairs with 2-fid apices, and very fine hairs with numerous microscopic recurved barbs at apices.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 3 |
| Total | 6 |
Bibliography
Eichler, H. 1965: Supplement to J. M. Black's Flora of South Australia (2nd Ed.). Adelaide.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2014: Evidence-based review of the taxonomic status of New Zealand’s endemic seed plant genera. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 163–212.
Greuter, W. 2003: The Euro+Med treatment of Cichorieae (Compositae) – generic concepts and required new names. Willdenowia 33: 229–238.
Hilliard, O. M.; Burtt, B. L. 1981: Some generic concepts in Compositae -- Gnaphaliinae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 181–232. [as Embergeria Boulos]
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.
