A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae) complex

By

De Lange, Peter J. (Peter James)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-8-26

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

40

Pages

1--185

Subjects

Conservation , Ecology , ericoides , Ethnobotany , K. , K. amathicola sp. nov. , K. linearis comb. nov. , K. robusta sp. nov. , K. salterae sp. nov. , K. serotina sp. nov. , K. tenuicaulis sp. nov. , K. toelkenii sp. nov. , K. triregensis sp. nov. , Kunzea , L. , Leptospermum , lineare , microflorum , Myrtaceae , new combination , new species , New Zealand Archipelago , pubescens , sinclairii , typifications , Var.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.40.7973

 

Abstract

A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides complex is presented. This paper is the final of a series that has explored the systematics of the New Zealand Kunzea complex using cytological and molecular variation, as well as experimental hybridisations between postulated segregates. As a result of those studies ten species, all endemic to New Zealand, are recognised; seven of these are new. One species, K. triregensis sp. nov., is endemic to the Three Kings Islands and another species K. sinclairii, endemic to Aotea (Great Barrier Island). The North Island of New Zealand has seven species, K. amathicola sp. nov., K. salterae sp. nov., K. serotina sp. nov., K. robusta sp. nov., K. tenuicaulis sp. nov., K. toelkenii sp. nov., and K. linearis comb. nov. Of these, K. linearis, K. salterae, K. tenuicaulis and K. toelkenii are endemic to the North Island, and K. amathicola, K. robusta and K. serotina extend to the South Island which also supports one endemic, K. ericoides. Typifications are published for Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich., L. ericoides var. linearis Kirk, L. ericoides var. microflorum G.Simps., L. ericoides var. pubescens Kirk, and L. sinclairii Kirk, names here all referred to Kunzea. The ecology, conservation, extent of natural hybridisation and some aspects of the ethnobotany (vernacular names) of these Kunzea are also discussed.