New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
B98010Received 5 February 1998; accepted 21 May 1998
Hebe paludosa (Scrophulariaceae)--a new combination for an endemic
wetland Hebe from Westland, South Island, New Zealand
D. A. NORTON
Conservation Research Group
School of Forestry
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
P. J. DE LANGE
Science and Research Unit
Department of Conservation
Private Bag 68908
Newton
Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract A new combination,
Hebe paludosa, is made for
plants first described as
Veronica salicifolia var.
paludosa and
later treated as
Hebe salicifolia var.
paludosa.
H.
paludosa is typically a plant of lowland mesotrophic wetlands and is most
abundant in south Westland around and immediately north of the glaciers
district.
H. paludosa is readily distinguished from
H.
salicifolia through its cytology, distinctive diffusely branching habit,
brittle branchlets, yellow-green faintly glaucous-tinged leaves, conspicuous
decurved and twisted acumen, flowers which have a longer corolla tube, acute
corolla lobes which usually project forward, and preference for mesotrophic
wetland habitats.
Keywords Scrophulariaceae; Hebe; Hebe paludosa;
Veronica salicifolia var. paludosa; Hebe salicifolia var.
paludosa; new combination; Westland; New Zealand flora
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