Pimelea actea
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Pimelea actea is a small coastal plant native to New Zealand.[2] It was named and described by Colin J. Burrows in 2008 as part of a revision of the New Zealand Pimelea, a project he had begun as a Master's thesis in the 1950s and continued in his retirement.[3] Burrows described the species, which for some time had been referred to as Pimelea "Turakina", from a specimen collected in 1968, now in the Auckland Museum.[4] Its species name, actea, means "coastal".[5]
P. actea was formerly widespread along the western North Island coastline, with specimens recorded from Foxton Beach and the mouth of the Turakina River,[5] but is now restricted in the wild to only two localities: a single coastal paddock at Himatangi, and dunes at Tapuarau Reserve, Waitotara, near Whanganui.[6] In Whanganui, the last remaining plant was being cultivated in potter Rick Rudd's Castlecliff garden;[7] it has since been removed, propagated, and replanted at Tapuarau Reserve. Its natural habitat is dune slacks, temporary wetlands firmed between sand dunes that are in danger of invasion by introduced grasses.[8] Since 2004 P. actea has been classed as Nationally Critical by the Department of Conservation,[1] and is one of New Zealand's most threatened plant species.
References
- ^ a b de Lange, Peter J.; Norton, D. A.; Heenan, Peter J.; Courtney, S. P.; Molloy, B. P. J.; Ogle, C. C.; Rance, B. D.; Johnson, P. N.; Hitchmough, Rod (2004). "Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 42: 45–76.
- ^ "Pimelea actea C.J.Burrows (2008)". Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "New Pimelea Recognised in Revision". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Pimelea actea". Auckland Museum Collections Online. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ a b Burrows, Colin J. (2008). "Genus Pimelea (Thymelaeaceae) in New Zealand 1. The taxonomic treatment of seven endemic, glabrous-leaved species". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 45: 127–176.
- ^ "Pimelea actea". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Cave, Vonnie (2008). "Saturday 1 July 2006: Rick Rudd's coastal garden, Castlecliff" (PDF). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter. 94: 3–4.
- ^ Buxton, Rowan. "Dune Slacks". Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
External links
- Pimelea actea discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 7 October 2016
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