Species

Muehlenbeckia complexa var. grandifolia

Etymology

Muehlenbeckia: Named after a botanist named Muehlenbeck
complexa: tangled
grandifolia: big leaved

Current Conservation Status

2018 - Data Deficient

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Authority

Muehlenbeckia complexa var. grandifolia Carse

Family

Polygonaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

Notes on taxonomy

As currently circumscribed Muehlenbeckia complexa and M. australis remain highly variable species within which there may be cause to recognise additional taxa. Some of these have names. Muehlenbeckia complexa var. grandifolia is one of these, being regarded, increasingly, by New Zealand botanists as worthy of reinstatement. At the very least it deserves critical study, along with the other variants within M. complexa s.l., which include a distinct, large, and glossy-leaved, northern offshore island race, whichis linked to var. grandifolia by its uniformly hairy stems.

This page last updated on 1 Jan 2014