Dracophyllum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Epacridoideae
Tribus: Richeeae
Genus: Dracophyllum
Subgenera: D. subg. Cordophyllum – D. subg. Cystanthe – D. subg. Dracophyllum – D. subg. Oreothamnus – D. subg. Richea

Overview of species

D. acerosum – D. acicularifolium – D. adamsii – D. alticola – D. arboreum – D. balansae – D. cosmelioides – D. densum – D. elegantissimum – D. filifolium – D. fiordense – D. fitzgeraldii – D. heteroflorum – D. involucratum – D. kirkii – D. latifolium – D. lessonianum – D. longifolium – D. mackeeanum – D. macranthum – D. marmoricola – D. matthewsii – D. menziesii – D. milliganii – D. minimum – D. muscoides – D. oceanicum – D. oliveri – D. ophioliticum – D. ouaiemense – D. paludosum – D. palustre – D. patens – D. pearsonii – D. politum – D. pronum – D. prostratum – D. pubescens – D. pyramidale – D. ramosum – D. recurvum – D. rosmarinifolium – D. sayeri – D. scoparium – D. secundum – D. sinclairii – D. strictum – D. subulatum – D. townsonii – D. traversii – D. trimorphum – D. uniflorum – D. urvilleanum – D. verticillatum – D. viride

Nothospecies:

D. × arcuatum – D. × densiflorum – D. × insulare – D. × marginatum – D. × saxicola – D. × varium – D. × vulcanicum

Name

Dracophyllum Labill., Voy. Rech. Pérouse 2: 210–211, t. 40. (1800)

Type species: Dracophyllum verticillatum Labill. Voy. Rech. Pérouse 2: 210–211, t. 40. (1800)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Cystanthe R.Br.
- Daenikeranthus Baum.-Bod.
- Oreothamnus Baum.-Bod.
- Pilitis Lindl.
- Richea R.Br.

References

Primary references

Labillardière, J.J.H. de 1800. Vol. 2. Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794. 344 pp. London. BHL Reference page. : 2: 210–211, t. 40.

Additional references

Bartlett, J.K. 1984. Notes on the distribution and associations of some uncommon plants of northern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Botany 22(2): 307-313. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1984.10425259 PDF Reference page.
Poole, A.L. 1966. Dracophyllum Species, An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
de Lange, P.J., Norton, D.A., Courtney, S.P., Heenan, P.B., Barkla, J.W., Cameron, E.K., Hitchmough, R. & Townsend, A.J. 2009. Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47(1): 61–96. DOI: 10.1080/00288250909509794 Reference page.
Venter, S. 2002. Dracophyllum marmoricola and Dracophyllum ophioliticum (Ericaceae), two new species from north-west Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 40(1): 39–47. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2002.9512769 . Reference page.
Venter, S. 2004. Dracophyllum elegantissimum (Ericaceae), a new species from north‐west Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 37–43. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512889 . Reference page.
Venter, S. 2004. Dracophyllum mackeeanum (Ericaceae: Richeeae), a new species from New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(5): 747–751. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512928
Venter S. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 34(2): 1–205. DOI: 10.1071/SB19049 . Reference page.
Wagstaff, S.J., Dawson, M.I., Venter, S., Munzinger, J., Crayn, D.M., Steane, D.A. & Lemson, K.L. 2010. Origin, diversification, and classification of the Australasian genus Dracophyllum (Richeeae, Ericaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(2): 235–258. DOI: 10.3417/2008130 PDF Reference page.
Salmon, J.T, 1973. The Native Trees of New Zealand, AH & AW Reed, Wellington, New Zealand, ISBN 0-589-01340-8

Links

Flora of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research Databases
Hassler, M. 2020. Dracophyllum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 23. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dracophyllum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Dracophyllum. Published online. Accessed: Apr 23 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Dracophyllum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Apr 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dracophyllum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Apr-2009.

Vernacular names

English: Grass Trees