Biology:Dracophyllum strictum
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of flowering plant in the heath family
| Dracophyllum strictum | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Dracophyllum |
| Species: | D. strictum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Dracophyllum strictum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Dracophyllum strictum, commonly known as totorowhiti, is a species of shrub endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1844 and gets the specific epithet strictum for its rigid and packed together leaves. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits lowland up to montane forest and shrubland.[1][2]
Description
It is a shrub to small tree reaches Template:Convert abbreviated in height. The bark on older branches is dark brown while young stems are yellowish-brown. It has linear-triangular leaves arranged spirally along the branches. The flowers are white to light pink, appearing on red stalks in clusters at the end of branches.[3]
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 de Lange, Peter (2012). "Dracophyllum strictum" (in en). https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/dracophyllum-strictum/.
- ↑ Venter, Stephanus (March 2021). "A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 34 (2): 63–65. doi:10.1071/SB19049_CO. ISSN 1030-1887. https://bioone.org/journals/australian-systematic-botany/volume-34/issue-2/SB19049_CO/A-taxonomic-revision-of-the-Australasian-genera-Dracophyllum-and-Richea/10.1071/SB19049_CO.full.
- ↑ "Dracophyllum strictum" (in en). https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/dracophyllum-strictum/.
Template:Dracophyllum Wikidata ☰ Q15375796 entry
 |  |
