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Cook’s scurvy grass is New Zealand’s No.1 plant for 2005 – despite the silver fern being the proudest NZ brand globally, according to a public vote released today.
New Zealanders have been voting for months on the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network website on what their favourite native plant is this year.
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Last week University of Auckland staff, together with Department of Conservation and Landcare Research scientists obtained DNA sequences from a specimen of Lepidium obtusatum Kirk collected from Seatoun in 1919! The results challenge current taxonomic opinion as to its nearest relatives…
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Fennel-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus L.) was placed in Stukenia in 1912 by German botanist Börner. This genus was overlooked until 1997, when it was reinstated by Josef Holub. Stuckenia seems to have been widely adopted worldwide but has not been used in New Zealand before.
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The Networks monthly newsletter for September has just been published - see the Newsletter and Publications section of the website.
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Olearia quinquevulnera Heenan has just been described to accommodate the divaricating shrub long known in New Zealand as Olearia capillaris Buchanan.