Biology:Myosotis lytteltonensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Myosotis lytteltonensis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Myosotis
Species:
M. lytteltonensis
Binomial name
Myosotis lytteltonensis
(Laing & A.Wall) de Lange[1][2]

Myosotis lytteltonensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae and a synonym of Myosotis australis. It was first described as a variety of M. australis, considered endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, then raised to species status, and subsequently synonymised with Myosotis australis in 2020. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with ebracteate inflorescences and white or yellow corollas with stamens that are fully included in the corolla tube or sometimes partly exserted.

Taxonomy and etymology

Myosotis lytteltonensis (Laing & A.Wall) de Lange or Lyttelton forget-me-not[3] is in the plant family Boraginaceae.[4] It was originally described in 1924 as a variety of Myosotis australis (as M. australis var. lytteltonensis Laing & A.Wall) by Robert Malcolm Laing and Arnold Wall, thought to be restricted to Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand.[1] It was raised to species status by Peter de Lange in 2010.[2] In the latest taxonomic treatment, it was considered to be a synonym of Myosotis australis, a species of forget-me-not native to New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea, due to a lack of distinguishing morphological characters.[5]

The lectotype of M. australis var. lytteltonensis was collected in Lyttelton in 1917 by Robert M. Laing and is housed at the Allan Herbarium of Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research in Lincoln (CHR 17637).[6][5] It was designated by Lucy B. Moore, and there is also an isolectotype at the same institution (CHR 17636).[5][7]

The species epithet lytteltonensis refers to the type locality, Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand.[8]

According to the latest taxonomic treatment,[5] the following names are all synonyms of Myosotis australis: M. mooreana Lehnebach,[9] M. lytteltonensis (Laing & A.Wall) de Lange[2] (and M. australis var. lytteltonensis Laing & A.Wall;[1]), and M. australis var. conspicua Cheeseman.[10]

Breeding system

Flowers of Myosotis lytteltonensis were found to be 'initially herkogamous' in a study on the breeding system of six different species of New Zealand Myosotis.[11]

Phylogeny

One individual of Myosotis lytteltonensis was included in a phylogenetic analysis of standard DNA sequencing markers (nuclear ribosomal DNA and chloroplast DNA regions).[12] In the chloroplast DNA network, the sample of M. lytteltonensis was close to M. goyenii and M. australis, but its relationships in the nuclear ribosomal DNA network were less clear.[12] In general, within the southern hemisphere lineage, species relationships were not well resolved in that study.[12]

Distribution and habitat

Prior to its synonymy with Myosotis australis, M. lytteltonensis was thought to be endemic to Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, South Island, although some specimens from Marlborough (South Island) and southern North Island have also been identified as M. lytteltonensis.[5][4][1]

Conservation status

Myosotis lytteltonensis was listed as Threatened - Nationally Critical on the most recent assessment (2017-2018) under the New Zealand Threat Classification system for plants, with the qualifiers "RR" (Range Restricted) and "Sp" (Sparse).[13] M. australis was listed as Not Threatened in the same assessment.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3  , Wikidata Q118751411
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2  , Wikidata Q106497831
  3. ↑ "Christchurch District Plan Site of Ecological Significance, Site Significance Statement". https://districtplan.ccc.govt.nz/Images/DistrictPlanImages/Site%20of%20Ecological%20Significance/SES%20H%2029.pdf. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Myosotis lytteltonensis" (in en). https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/myosotis-lytteltonensis/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Meudt, Heidi; Thorsen, Mike; Prebble, Jessica (2020-01-01). "Taxonomic revision of the Myosotis australis group (Boraginaceae) native to Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea". Australian Systematic Botany 33 (6): 477. doi:10.1071/SB20014. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107670735. 
  6. ↑ "Lectotype of Myosotis australis var. lytteltonensis". https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/CHR%2017637. 
  7. ↑ "Isolectotype of Myosotis australis var. lytteltonensis". https://scd.landcareresearch.co.nz/Specimen/CHR%2017636. 
  8. ↑ Pender, Richard. "Urtica linearifolia and Myosotis australis var. lytteltonensis, two threatened plants". Canterbury Botanical Society Journal 33: 38–45. https://bts.nzpcn.org.nz/site/assets/files/22526/cant_1999_33__38-45.pdf. 
  9. ↑ Lehnebach, Carlos (2012-08-21). "Two new species of forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae) from New Zealand". PhytoKeys (16): 53–64. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.16.3602. ISSN 1314-2003. PMID 23233811. 
  10. ↑  , Wikidata Q51396409
  11. ↑ Robertson, Alastair William; Lloyd, David G. (1991-01-01) (in English). Herkogamy, dichogamy and self-pollination in six species of Myosotis (Boraginaceae). 5. pp. 53–63. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119841280. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Meudt, Heidi M.; Prebble, Jessica M.; Lehnebach, Carlos A. (2015-05-01). "Native New Zealand forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae) comprise a Pleistocene species radiation with very low genetic divergence" (in en). Plant Systematics and Evolution 301 (5): 1455–1471. doi:10.1007/s00606-014-1166-x. ISSN 2199-6881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-014-1166-x. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lange, Peter J. de; Rolfe, Jeremy R.; Barkla, John W.; Courtney, Shannel P.; Champion, Paul D.; Perrie, Leon R.; Beadel, Sarah M.; Ford, Kerry A. et al. (May 2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017". New Zealand Threat Classification Series 22: 1–86. OCLC 1041649797. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs22entire.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17416966 entry



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