Orthography of some geographical epithets in the New Zealand flora revisited

The use of a Maori place-name for a specific or infraspecific epithet as a word in apposition is sanctioned by the International Code of Botanical Nom enclature, and this has been the approach adopted to date by most New Zeala nd botanists. The epithets already published in this form do not require co rrection. It is recommended that when adopting Maori place-names as epithet s botanists continue to treat Maori place-names as indeclinable, but clearl y explain the origin and form of the epithets chosen.