Urostemon kirkii

Urostemon kirkii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Unplaced Senecioneae
Genus: Urostemon
Species: Urostemon kirkii
Varietates: U. k. var. angustior – U. k. var. kirkii

Note: NZFlora and Hassler disagree as to the acceptance of this combination. The former prefers to see Urostemon in Brachyglottis and as this is the local fora then it ought to have more weight.

Name

Urostemon kirkii (Hook.f. ex Kirk) B.Nord., Opera Bot. 44: 33 (1978).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Senecio kirkii Hook.f. ex Kirk, Fl. New Zealand: 344.
• Homotypic
  • Brachyglottis kirkii (Hook.f. ex Kirk) C.J.Webb, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 150 (1987).
• Heterotypic
  • see Urostemon kirkii var. kirkii

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

{{Nordenstam, 1978}

Links

• Breitwieser, I., Brownsey, P.J., Heenan, P.B., Nelson, W.A. & Wilton, A.D. (eds.) 2018. Flora of New Zealand Online – Taxon Profile - Brachyglottis-kirkii. NZFlora. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 10. shows this combination to be a synonym as opposed to Hassler.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Urostemon kirkii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Apr. 10. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Urostemon kirkii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 29. Reference page. 

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