PITTOSPORUM-ELLIPTICUM SUBSP SERPENTINUM (PITTOSPORACEAE) - A NEW ULTRAMAFIC ENDEMIC FROM THE SURVILLE-CLIFFS, NORTH-CAPE, NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
DELANGE PJ
Citation
Pj. Delange, PITTOSPORUM-ELLIPTICUM SUBSP SERPENTINUM (PITTOSPORACEAE) - A NEW ULTRAMAFIC ENDEMIC FROM THE SURVILLE-CLIFFS, NORTH-CAPE, NEW-ZEALAND, New Zealand Journal of Botany, 36(3), 1998, pp. 389-397
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
New Zealand Journal of Botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
0028825X
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
389 - 397
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-825X(1998)36:3<389:PSS(-A>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A new subspecies, Piitosporum ellipticum subsp. serpentinum, is descri bed from the Surville Cliffs, North Cape Scientific Reserve, Northland , New Zealand. The new subspecies is a scarce component of the vegetat ion of the ultramafic rocks of the Tangihua Complex ophiolite sequence . It is distinguished from P. ellipticum subsp. ellipticum by its spra wling shrub habit, smaller, extremely coriaceous leaves with a persist ent, copious, dark orange-brown, leaf indumentum, and smaller, globose capsules, with persistent indumentum.