Myosotis hikuwai Meudt, Prebble & G.M.Rogers

NZOR Identifier: d571477b-2012-4a50-a4da-dc092ef5c048

Authority: Meudt, Prebble & G.M.Rogers
Rank: species
Published in: Meudt, H.M.; Prebble, J.M. 2022: Morphological analyses support recognition of three new threatened species of bracteate–prostrate Myosotis (Boraginaceae) endemic to the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 35(5): 364–394.
Micro-reference (page): 382
Year: 2022
Nomenclatural Comment: Holotype: NEW ZEALAND: South Island: Otago, Wānaka, Clutha River / Mata-Au, 4 Nov. 2019, G. Rogers s.n. (WELT SP108906), The epithet hikuwai refers to the Hikuwai Conservation Area where the only known population of this plant is from, and was considered to be an appropriate name for the new species by our Ngāi Tahu contacts in the relevant rohe (region). In te reo Māori, hikuwai means ‘source of a stream’ (Williams 1957) and may refer to the source of the Clutha River / Mata-Au.

NZOR Concept Id: af9162b1-2576-4158-af33-309274dc40e4
According to: Meudt, H.M.; Prebble, J.M. 2022: Morphological analyses support recognition of three new threatened species of bracteate–prostrate Myosotis (Boraginaceae) endemic to the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 35(5): 364–394.
Preferred Name: Myosotis hikuwai Meudt, Prebble & G.M.Rogers (In use by NZOR) }

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