Parsonsia praeruptis (Apocynaceae): A new threatened, ultramafic endemic from North Cape, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Heads, M J ^a,b   de Lange, P J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b University of Goroka   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; New species; New Zealand flora; Parsonsia; Parsonsia praeruptis; Surville Cliffs, North Cape; Ultramafic endemic

Indexed keywords

INFLORESCENCE; NEW ZEALAND;

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GRAZING PRESSURE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW SPECIES; RARE SPECIES;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH CAPE; NORTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; APOCYNACEAE; BACTEROIDES; CALYX; PARSONSIA; PARSONSIA CAPSULARIS; PARSONSIA PRAERUPTIS;

EID: 0032983470     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1999.9512607     Document Type: Article

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