Nothofagus truncata

Nothofagus truncata, Auckland, New Zealand

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Nothofagaceae
Genus: Nothofagus
Subgenus: Nothofagus subg. Fuscospora
Species: Nothofagus truncata

Name

Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne, Bull. New Zealand State Forest. Serv. No. 4, Pt. 1.: 21 (1926).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Fagus truncata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 31: 280 (1899).
• Homotypic
  • Fuscospora truncata (Colenso) Heenan & Smissen, Phytotaxa 146: 14 (2013).
• Heterotypic
  • Fagus fusca var. colensoi Hook.f., Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 229. (1853)
  • Nothofagus fusca var. colensoi (Hook.f.) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl.: 641. (1906)
    

Note: many New Zealand botanists prefer to use Fuscospora truncata (Colenso) Heenan & Smissen, (2013).

References

• Cockayne, L.C. 1926. New Zealand Sate Forestry Services No. 4 Pt 1 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Nothofagus truncata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 6. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Nothofagus truncata. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 6 2019.

Additional references

• Cameron, E.K. 1997. Distribution of beech in the Waitakere Ranges. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 52(2): 68–72. PDF Reference page. 
• Haase, P. 1990. Nothofagus truncata (hard beech) in the upper Taramakau catchment, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 14: 31–35. Abstract and full article (PDF)
• Haase, P. 1992. Isozyme variability and biogeography of Nothofagus truncata (Fagaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 30(3): 315–328.DOI: 10.1080/0028825x.1992.10412910
• Heenan, P.B. & Smissen, R.D. 2013. Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae). Phytotaxa 146(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.146.1.1 Reference page. 
• Rogan, D. 1999. New northern limit for hard beech Nothofagus truncata. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 54(1): 1. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Hard Beech
Māori: Hututāwhai

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