New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
B00020Received 8 June 2000; accepted 11 September 2000
Description and flavonoid chemistry of Hebe calcicola
(Scrophulariaceae), a new species from north-west Nelson, New Zealand
MICHAEL J. BAYLY
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand
PHIL J. GARNOCK-JONES
School of Biological Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand
KEVIN A. MITCHELL
KENNETH R. MARKHAM
Industrial Research Limited
P.O. Box 31 310
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
PATRICK J. BROWNSEY
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand
Abstract Hebe calcicola is a new species described
from outcropping marble in north-west Nelson, New Zealand. It is a shrub with
glossy leaves to 45 mm long, no sinus in the leaf bud, unbranched and
lateral inflorescences, pedicillate flowers, white corollas that are papillate
within with tubes shorter than surrounding calyces, and pubescent ovaries and
fruit. It is placed in series
Occlusae, and is morphologically and
geographically distinguished from other members of that group. A comparative
study of leaf flavonoids has identified flavonoid characters that clearly
distinguish
H. calcicola from the morphologically similar species
H.
rakaiensis,
H. subalpina,
H. truncatula,
H. traversii,
and
H. strictissima, and supports morphological evidence for the
existence of naturally occurring hybrids between
H. calcicola and both
H. albicans and
H. salicifolia.
Keywords Hebe calcicola; H. rakaiensis; H.
subalpina; H. albicans; H. salicifolia; Scrophulariaceae; new
species; hybrid; flavonoids; New Zealand flora
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2001, Vol. 39: 55-68
0028-825X/00/3901-0055 $7.00 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 2001
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