Myosotis × cinerascens Petrie (1918 "1917":207)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Myosotis traversii var. cinerascens (Petrie) L.B.Moore in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1: 818 (1961)
Conservation Status
Extinct (de Lange et al., 2009:72, 2013:11, 2018:21; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 4 February 1902 (SP002585) or later
Distribution & Habitat
South Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa:
SP002585 (collected 4 February 1902)
SP002597/A (collected January 1893)
SP002597/B (collected January 1893)
Media
Above: Myosotis traversii var. cinerascens (Petrie) L.B.Moore, collected January 1893, Canterbury Alps, Broken River, New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP002597/A)
Above: Myosotis traversii var. cinerascens (Petrie) L.B.Moore, collected 4 February 1902, Eastern Botanical District, Trelissick Basin, New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP002585)
Above: Myosotis traversii var. cinerascens (Petrie) L.B.Moore, collected January 1893, Canterbury Alps, Broken River, New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (SP002597/B)
References
Original scientific description:
Petrie, Donald. (1918). Descriptions of new native flowering-plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 50: 207-211.
Other references:
Cameron, E. K., de Lange, P. J., Given, D. R., Johnson, P. N. and Ogle, C. C. (1993). New Zealand Botanical Society threatened and local plant lists (1993 revision)New Zealand Botanical Society threatened and local plant lists (1993 revision). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 32: 14-28.
Christenhusz, M. and Govaerts, R. (2023). Uitgestorven. Op plantenjacht rond de wereld: 1-511. Sterck & De Vreese.
de Lange, P. J., Norton, D. A., Courtney, S. P., Heenan, P. B., Barkla, J. W., Cameron, E. K., Hitchmough, R. and Townsend, A. J. (2009). Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47(1): 61-96 [72]. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288250909509794
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de Lange, P. J., Rolfe, J. R., Barkla, J. W., Courtney, S. P., Champion, P. D., Perrie, L. R., Beadel, S. M., Ford, K. A., Breitwieser, I., Schonberger, I., Hindmarsh-Walls, R., Heenan, P. B. and Ladley, K. (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 22. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 82 pp.
de Lange, P. J., Rolfe, J. R., Champion, P. D., Courtney, S. P., Heenan, P. B., Barkla, J. W., Cameron, E. K., Norton, D. A. and Hitchmough, R. A. (2013). Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 70 pp.
Given, David R. (1976). A register of rare and endangered indigenous plants in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 14(2): 135-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.1976.10428888
Moore, L. B. (1961). Boraginaceae, pp. 806-833. In: Allan, H. H. (ed.). Flora of New Zealand. Vol. 1. Wellington, New Zealand: Government Printer. liv + 1085 pp., 40 text-figs.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 25 April 2024]
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
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