New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Geographic variation in the Hebe albicans complex (Plantaginaceae) — morphology and flavonoid chemistry

Alison V. Kellow
Michael J. Bayly

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand

Kevin A. Mitchell
Kenneth R. Markham

Industrial Research Limited
P.O. Box 31 310
Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Abstract  Variation in morphology and flavonoid chemistry is appraised in populations of H. albicans, H. recurva, and the tag name entity H. “glaucophylla NW Nelson”, which together comprise the H. albicans complex. Morphological comparisons include a morphometric study of leaf variation. Comparisons in flavonoid chemistry are made with several other species of “Subcarnosae” and small-leaved “Occlusae”. It is proposed that members of the H. albicans complex be included within a single species, H. albicans, and that no subspecific taxa be recognised. Hebe albicans, as treated here, is a glaucous-leaved shrub of rocky places in NW Nelson. Its has a decumbent to upright habit, and variable leaf shape. Two chromosome numbers (2n = 40, 80) have been recorded.

Keywords  Hebe albicans; H. recurva; H. glaucophylla; Plantaginaceae; flavonoids; New Zealand flora

B03041; Received 6 October 2003; accepted 15 October 2004, Online publication date 17 March 2005
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2005, Vol. 43: 141–163
0028–825X/05/4301–0141 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005

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