Abrotanella pusilla

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Abrotanella pusilla
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Abrotanella
Species:
A. pusilla
Binomial name
Abrotanella pusilla
(Hook.f.) Hook.f. [1]
Synonyms
  • Trineuron pusillum Hook.f. [2]

Abrotanella pusilla is a member of the daisy family and is endemic species of New Zealand. [3]

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Description

Stock slender, multicipital, or the branches elongate, creeping and rooting; lvs scattered along branches and tufted at base of erect peduncles clad in lflike bracts; ± 1-1∙5 cm. × 1 mm., linear, straight to falcate, spreading to recurved, apiculate to subacute, coriac., glab. to sparsely hairy near sheathing base. Peduncles slender, up to c. 2 cm. long in fr. Capitula c. 5 mm. diam.; phyll. 8-14, oblong, obtuse to subacute, c. 3 mm. long, veins often obscure. Florets 10-25; achenes linear-clavate, 4-ribbed on one face, each rib produced into a short appendage. [4] [ attribution needed ]

Taxonomy

Abrotanella pusilla was collected and described by Joseph Dalton Hooker. The name pusilla likely comes from the hairy sheathing near the base, as pusilla means 'hairy' in Latin.

Habitat

Subalpine and subarctic biomes. [3]

Ecology

It can host several species of fungi. [5]

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References

  1. "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "Trineuron pusillum Hook.f. is a synonym of Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." The Plant List . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 Kew Science Plants of the World Online , retrieved 1 July 2020
  4. "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Biota of NZ. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  5. "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Biota of NZ. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2024.