Raoulia rubra Buchanan

Details

Name scientific

Raoulia rubra Buchanan, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 349, Pl. 30, fig. 2 (1881 [1882])

Preferred name

Raoulia rubra Buchanan

Taxonomy reference

Ward, J. M. 1982: A key, synopsis and concordance for Raoulia. Mauri Ora 10: 11–19.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Buchanan

Original authors

Buchanan

Publication place

Buchanan, J. 1882: On the alpine flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 342–356.

Year published

1881

Year on publication

1882

Publication page

349, Pl. 30, fig. 2

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Raoulia rubra Buchanan

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Raoulia rubra

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Compositae

Genus

Raoulia

Species

rubra

Synonyms

Psychrophyton rubrum (Buchanan) Beauverd

Descriptions

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

Raoulia rubra Buchanan

Description

Stock hard, woody; branches woody at base, densely compacted, forming cushions up to 25 cm. diam. and 15 cm. tall. Lvs 2-4 × 1-1·5 mm., obovate-spathulate, rounded to truncate at tips. Apical portion of lf clad on both surfaces in long straight hairs exceeding lamina; lower portion glab. on both surfaces, 1-nerved. Capitula c. 3 mm. diam. Inner phyll. linear, obtuse, scarious on margins, tip white, short, radiating. Florets 10-15; corolla crimson to purplish. Achenes c. 2.5 mm. long, clad in long silky hairs; pappus-hairs c. 2.5 mm. long, rigid.