New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
A taxonomic revision of Hebe informal group “Connatae” (Plantaginaceae),
based on 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
Patrick J. Brownsey
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand
Abstract A revised species-level classification is presented
for Hebe informal group “Connatae”, based on a study of morphology
and leaf flavonoids. Accepted species are: Hebe macrocalyx (including
var. macrocalyx and var. humilis), H. haastii, H.
epacridea, H. ramosissima, H. petriei, H. murrellii,
and H. benthamii. The limits of H. macrocalyx, H. haastii,
H. epacridea, and H. ramosissima have historically been the
subject of confusion and/or debate, and detailed accounts of these taxa are
presented. In particular, H. epacridea is morphologically more variable
and more widespread than previous treatments suggest, and it has sometimes
been confused with the more geographically restricted H. haastii.
The name H. macrocalyx var. humilis (H. haastii var.
humilis in some accounts) has sometimes been misapplied. It is used
here for wild populations known only from Nelson and Marlborough, although
this remains at odds with stated source locations of the cultivated specimens
cited in the protologue (Otago and Southland). A key to all taxa of “Connatae”
is provided.
Keywords Hebe haastii; H. macrocalyx var.
macrocalyx; var. humilis; H. epacridea; H. ramosissima;
“Connatae”; Plantaginaceae; Scrophulariaceae; flavonoids; New Zealand flora;
reinstatement; descriptions; distributions
B02067; Received 14 October 2002; accepted 29 May 2003; online publication
date 26 November 2003
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2003, Vol. 41: 613-635
0028-825X/03/4104-0613 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2003
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