New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
Gingidia grisea (Apiaceae), a new species from north-east Otago,
South Island, New Zealand
P. B. Heenan
Allan Herbarium
Landcare Research
P. O. Box 69
Lincoln 8152, New Zealand
Abstract A new north-east Otago endemic, Gingidia
grisea, is described. G. grisea is segregated from G. montana
and is distinguished from that species by grey-green leaves with a dense
glaucous bloom on both surfaces, and by the secondary bracts which are broad-elliptic
and long-acuminate. G. montana has green leaves and the secondary
bracts are lanceolate and subacute to obtuse. G. grisea occurs on
base-rich igneous, schist, and sedimentary bluffs and rock outcrops between
Waikouaiti and Herbert. It has undergone substantial range contraction through
the loss of habitat to forestry and weed invasion and the conservation status
is assessed as Nationally Vulnerable.
Keywords Apiaceae; Gingidia; Gingidia grisea;
new species; conservation; New Zealand flora
B03032; Received 1 September 2003; accepted 3 December 2003; Online publication
date 3 June 2004
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2004, Vol. 42: 175-180
0028-825X/04/4202-0175 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004
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