Epilobium pedunculare

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Epilobium pedunculare
Epilobium linnaeoides-Botany of Antarctica-PL006-0017.jpg
as E. linnaeoides (Plate VI) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium
Species:
E. pedunculare
Binomial name
Epilobium pedunculare
Synonyms [2]

Epilobium linnaeoides Hook.f.
Epilobium arnottianumGillies ex Hook.
Epilobium caespitosum Hausskn.
Epilobium longipes Hausskn.

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Epilobium pedunculare (E. linnaeoides), the rockery willowherb, [4] is a species of Epilobium similar to E. brunnescens . [5] It is found on the Antipodean Islands, Chatham Island, Macquarie Island, and both the North and South Island of New Zealand. [2]

Description

With leaves tooth 4 to 9 mm. [5]

Distribution

A native of New Zealand, the species has now naturalized in Ireland.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. Hooker, J.D. (1844). "Epilobium linnaeoides Plate VI". The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. 1: 10, Plate V.
  2. 1 2 3 "Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  3. Cunningham, A. (1839). "Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor". Annals of Natural History. 3: 31.
  4. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. 1 2 Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press (W.Tempest) Ltd. Dundalk. ISBN   0-85221-131-7