SELLIERA ROTUNDIFOLIA (GOODENIACEAE), A NEW, ROUND-LEAVED, SPECIES FROM NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
HEENAN PB
Citation
Pb. Heenan, SELLIERA ROTUNDIFOLIA (GOODENIACEAE), A NEW, ROUND-LEAVED, SPECIES FROM NEW-ZEALAND, New Zealand Journal of Botany, 35(2), 1997, pp. 133-138
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
New Zealand Journal of Botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
0028825X
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
133 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-825X(1997)35:2<133:SR(ANR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A new species of Selliera is described from New Zealand. S. rotundifol ia is a rhizomatous perennial herb, and is distinguished from S. vadic ans by rotund leaves which are appressed to the ground, a shorter pedi cel, and smaller flowers. S. rotundifolia occurs on sand plains along the western coast of Wellington province and is considered to be an en dangered species.