New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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B00027
Received 26 July 2000; accepted 1 November 2000

A new Achyranthes (Amaranthaceae) from Phillip Island, Norfolk Island group, South Pacific Ocean

P. J. DE LANGE

Department of Conservation
Private Bag 68908
Newton
Auckland, New Zealand

B. G. MURRAY

School of Biological Sciences
The University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract  A new endemic species of Achyranthes, A. margaretarum, is named from Phillip Island, the smaller of the two main islands in the Norfolk Island group. The new species differs from its nearest relative, the Norfolk Island endemic A. arborescens, by its smaller stature, bronze-green leaves with yellow veins, much smaller, erect, fewer-flowered, maroon-coloured inflorescences, and smaller, dark brown turbinate fruit. The new species is considered to be critically endangered.

Keywords  Amaranthaceae; Achyranthes; A. arborescens; A. margaretarum; new species; taxonomy, conservation; Norfolk Island flora

New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2001, Vol. 39: 1-8

0028-825X/00/3901-0001 $7.00 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 2001

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