New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
Descriptions and flavonoid chemistry of new taxa in Hebe sect.
Subdistichae (Scrophulariaceae)
Michael J. Bayly
Alison V. Kellow
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
Peter J. de Lange
Science & Research Unit
Department of Conservation
Private Bag 68908
Newton
Auckland, New Zealand
Gillian E. Harper
Phil J. Garnock-Jones
School of Biological Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O. Box 600
Wellington, New Zealand
Patrick J. Brownsey
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand
Abstract This paper is a further contribution toward
a revision of the species-level taxonomy of Hebe in New Zealand. Data
on morphology, flavonoid chemistry, and chromosome numbers are used in the
recognition of new taxa of section Subdistichae Heads. New taxa described
herein are: H. societatis, known only from Mt Murchison, Braeburn
Range, South Island; H. scopulorum, which occurs in the Awaroa valley,
south-east of Kawhia, North Island; H. rigidula var. sulcata,
which occurs on D’Urville Island and nearby areas of northern South Island;
H. crenulata, which occurs in mountains of western and central areas
of the northern South Island, between the Douglas Range in the north-west
and the Poplars Range in the south-east; and H. cryptomorpha, which
occurs primarily on mountains of the Wairau River catchment, South Island.
The latter two species cannot always be separated on morphological grounds,
and the decision to recognise both at species rank is based on differences
in flavonoid chemistry and chromosome number. Distribution maps and illustrations
of morphological features are provided for all new taxa.
Keywords Hebe societatis; H. vernicosa;
H. rigidula var. sulcata; H. scopulorum; H. crenulata;
H. cryptomorpha; H. cockayneana; H. dilatata; H.
colensoi; Scrophulariaceae; new species; flavonoids; New Zealand flora
B02006 Received 28 January 2002; accepted 23 August 2002; published 28
November 2002
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2002, Vol. 40: 571-602
0028-825X/02/4004-0571 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2002
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