New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
Geographic variation in the Hebe albicans complex
(Plantaginaceae) — 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
Abstract Variation in morphology and flavonoid
chemistry is appraised in populations of H. albicans, H.
recurva, and the tag name entity H. “glaucophylla NW
Nelson”, which together comprise the H. albicans
complex. Morphological comparisons include a morphometric study of leaf
variation. Comparisons in flavonoid chemistry are made with several
other species of “Subcarnosae” and small-leaved “Occlusae”. It is
proposed that members of the H. albicans complex be
included within a single species, H. albicans, and that
no subspecific taxa be recognised. Hebe albicans, as treated
here, is a glaucous-leaved shrub of rocky places in NW Nelson. Its has
a decumbent to upright habit, and variable leaf shape. Two chromosome
numbers (2n = 40, 80) have been recorded.
Keywords Hebe albicans; H.
recurva; H. glaucophylla; Plantaginaceae;
flavonoids; New Zealand flora
B03041; Received 6 October 2003; accepted 15 October 2004, Online
publication date 17 March 2005
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2005, Vol. 43: 141–163
0028–825X/05/4301–0141 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005
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