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- The Flora Novae-Zelandiae is a description of the plants discovered in New Zealand during the Ross expedition written by Joseph Dalton Hooker and published by Reeve Brothers in London between 1853 and 1855.
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The Flora Novae-Zelandiae is a description of the plants discovered in New Zealand during the Ross expedition written by Joseph Dalton Hooker and published by Reeve Brothers in London between 1853 and 1855. Hooker sailed on HMS Erebus as assistant surgeon.
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- 1851
The Flora Novae-Zelandiae is a description of the plants discovered in New Zealand during the Ross expedition written by Joseph Dalton Hooker and published by Reeve Brothers in London between 1853 and 1855.
Tree up to 35 m. tall; trunk up to 2 m. diam., with plank-buttresses at base; bark pale; ultimate branchlets tetragonous, sparsely hairy. Lvs coriac. on petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina dark green and glossy above, paler below, 4–8 × 2.5–5 cm., elliptic to elliptic-obovate, coarsely bluntly serrate.
Leaves coriaceous on petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina dark green and glossy above, paler below, 4-8 × 2.5-5 cm., elliptic to elliptic - obovate, coarsely bluntly serrate. Racemes axillary, up to 3 cm. long, pedicels softly hairy. Flowers more or less 6 mm. across; Staminate flowers 5-6-partite to near base, stamens more or less 12; Pistillate ...
novae-zelandiae from the Kermadec Islands is said to have uniformly green fronds lacking red colour when fresh, and sometimes lacks black spots in the stipe and rachis scales (de Lange 2020). It is not recognised here as a distinct taxon, but may warrant further investigation.
One of the most widespread, abundant and easily recognisable ferns in New Zealand. Widely known by the Maori name “kiokio” Blechnum novae-zelandiae is most conspicuous in areas of high rainfall along roadsides, cliff faces, ravines and river banks.
Based on: Flora Committee. Image: K.A. Ford © Landcare Research 2015. Taxon. Gallery. Classification. Magnoliopsida Brongn. Order. Poales Small. Family. Gramineae Juss. Genus. Poa L. Nomenclature. Scientific Name: Poa novae-zelandiae Hack., Trans. New Zealand Inst. 35: 381 (1903) Synonymy: = Poa foliosa var. β Hook.f., Handb.
