Jump to content

Donatia novae-zelandiae

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Grutness (talk | contribs) at 08:37, 14 August 2011. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Donatia novae-zelandiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
(unranked):
(unranked):
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
D. novae-zelandiae
Binomial name
Donatia novae-zelandiae

Donatia novae-zelandiae is a species of cushion plant in the family Donatiaceae and is closely related to species in the family Stylidiaceae. It is found in the alpine and subalpine regions of New Zealand and Tasmania.[1][2] Donatia novae-zelandiae has free stamens and petals, paracytic stomata, and a pollen morphology distinct from the genera of the sister family Stylidiaceae.[3] It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1853 and published in his Flora Novae-Zelandiae.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wagstaff, S.J. and Wege, J. (2002). Patterns of diversification in New Zealand Stylidiaceae. American Journal of Botany, 89(5): 865-874.
  2. ^ Good, R. (1925). On the geographical distribution of the Stylidiaceae. New Phytologist, 24(4): 225-240.
  3. ^ Laurent, N., Bremer, B., and Bremer, K. (1999). Phylogeny and generic interrelationships of the Stylidiaceae (Asterales), with a possible extreme case of floral paedomorphosis. Systematic Botany, 23(3): 289-304.
  4. ^ Mildbraed, J. (1908). Stylidiaceae. In Engler, A. Das Pflanzenreich: Regni vegetabilis conspectus, IV. 278. Leipzig, 1908.