New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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THE RANUNCULI OF THE SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND
Part 1: DISTRIBUTION AND TAXONOMY

F. J. F. Fisher and J. B, Hair

Botany Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Christchurch

Abstract New observations of Ranunculi in the subantarctic islands of New Zealand have led to the following taxonomic conclusions: 1.  Slight morphological differences between Auckland Island and Campbell Island races of R. pinguis Hook. f. exist but do not justify taxonomic subdivision 2.  R. petriei Allan is merely a luxuriant form of R. acaulis B. & S. ex DC.

3.  R aucklandicus Gray (1854) is conspecific with R. subscaposus Hook. f. (1844). No consistent morphological distinction has been found that might justify taxonomic subdivision. 4.  Cytologically distinct races of a new species, R. subantarcticus Fisher and Hair sp. nov., have been given subspecific rank (Auckland Islands: subsp. subantarcticus: Campbell Island; subsp. campbellensis).

N.Z. J. Bot. 1 : 325-35
(Received for publication, 16 May 1963)

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