Lepidium matau Petrie

NZOR Identifier: 77a9a5fc-22a5-40be-b26e-dfacca6a445c

Status

Synonym of Lepidium solandri Kirk (NZOR Concept Id 1d297300-b6a7-4060-bcec-fa55c3953ee2)

Classification

superkingdom
Eukaryota
kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
subphylum
Spermatophytina
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Brassicales
family
Cruciferae
genus
Lepidium
species
Lepidium matau Petrie

Providers

NZFLORA
Provider Contribution Summary

Scientific Name

Authority
Petrie
Rank
species
Published in
Petrie, D. 1887[1886] : Descriptions of new Native Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 19: 323-324.
Micro-reference (page)
323
Year
1887
Nomenclatural Comment
The derivation of the epithet matau is not known; it may refer to the type locality (Alexandra South) as Mata-Au / Clutha River goes through Alexandra.
Governing Code
ICBN
Is Recombination
No

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
643a4a82-2d9c-4b19-acc2-dd513c4a1e48
According to
Heenan, P.B.; Mitchell, A.D.; Mclenachan, P.A.; Lockhart, P.J.; de Lange, P.J. 2007: Natural variation and conservation of Lepidium sisymbrioides Hook.f. and L. solandri Kirk (Brassicaceae) in South Island, New Zealand, based on morphological and DNA sequence data. New Zealand Journal of Botany 45: 237-264.
Preferred Name
Lepidium solandri Kirk (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
4ab6736d-a861-4154-aa11-fe1fd02cb803
According to
NZFLORA (2012-) New Zealand Plant Names - Name based concepts
Has Parent
Lepidium (In use by NZOR)

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
0646794a-75fb-4193-b131-6c8eac3eedae
According to
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Wellington, Government Printer.

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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