Biology:Epilobium pedunculare

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae

Epilobium pedunculare
Epilobium linnaeoides-Botany of Antarctica-PL006-0017.jpg
as E. linnaeoides (Plate VI)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium
Species:
E. pedunculare
Binomial name
Epilobium pedunculare
A.Cunn.[2][3]
Synonyms[2]

Epilobium linnaeoides Hook.f.
Epilobium arnottianum Gillies ex Hook.
Epilobium caespitosum Hausskn.
Epilobium longipes Hausskn.

Epilobium pedunculare (E. linnaeoides), the rockery willowherb,[4] is a species of Epilobium similar to E. brunnescens.[5] It is found on the Antipodean Islands, Chatham Island, Macquarie Island, and both the North and South Island of New Zealand.[2]

Description

With leaves tooth 4 to 9 mm.[5]

Distribution

A native of New Zealand, the species has now naturalized in Ireland.[citation needed]

References

  1. Hooker, J.D. (1844). "Epilobium linnaeoides Plate VI". The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross 1: 10, Plate V. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13448413. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:612170-1. 
  3. Cunningham, A. (1839). "Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor". Annals of Natural History 3: 31. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2353008. 
  4. (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press (W.Tempest) Ltd. Dundalk. ISBN:0-85221-131-7

Wikidata ☰ Q15325827 entry