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<mods:title>Two new species of forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae) from New Zealand</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Lehnebach, Carlos A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, POBOX 467, Wellington, New Zealand</mods:affiliation>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="182229268" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:DA3B41F6CA645CF68D2EFC00D251365C" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DA3B41F6CA645CF68D2EFC00D251365C" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="58" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">
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<taxonomicName LSID="DA3B41F6-CA64-5CF6-8D2E-FC00D251365C" authority="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityName="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityYear="2012" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Myosotis chaffeyorum" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chaffeyorum" status="sp. nov.">Myosotis chaffeyorum C.A.Lehnebach</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="3" pageNumber="56">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Photograph of the holotype of Myosotis chaffeyorum C. A. Lehnebach. (A. P. Druce s. n., CHR 311719). Copyright Allan Herbarium (CHR), Landcare Research. New Zealand." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/10164" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Figs 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Plant of Myosotis chaffeyorum (A) and close-up view of vegetative and reproductive structures (B Flowering stem C Flower D Rosette leaves E Rosette leaf indumentum F Petiole G Stem H Node with flower and stem leaf I Nutlets). Bar = 1 cm in A & D, 5 mm in B & E, 1 mm in C, F, G, H, I. Material from WELT SP 092173 (D, E, F, G, H) and WELT SP 094151 (A, B, C, I)." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/10165" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">-2</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="56" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="56">
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Similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="spathulata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Myosotis spathulata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="L. B. Moore" authorityYear="1961" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="matthewsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Myosotis matthewsii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">,</emphasis>
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but differs from
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="spathulata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Myosotis spathulata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by its well-defined, slender petiole; appressed, straight hairs on stem, petiole, leaf lamina and margin; and its decumbent stem not rooting at nodes. It differs from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="L. B. Moore" authorityYear="1961" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="matthewsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Myosotis matthewsii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by its strigose indumentum on leaf upper surface; smaller flowers (3.7 - 4 mm across vs 5 - 8 mm across); stamens included in the corolla tube and fruiting calyx on shorter pedicel (1.5 - 3 mm vs 4.6 - 8.4 mm).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="56" type="type">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Type.</paragraph>
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New Zealand. South Island, north-west Nelson: Takaka Valley, under overhanging limestone rock in forest, alt. ca 730 m, February 1977, A.P.Druce s.n. (Holotype: CHR [CHR 311719];
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Photograph of the holotype of Myosotis chaffeyorum C. A. Lehnebach. (A. P. Druce s. n., CHR 311719). Copyright Allan Herbarium (CHR), Landcare Research. New Zealand." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/10164" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="56">
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Plant perennial, 1.4 - 4.6 cm tall. Rosette leaves 6 - 9, lamina orbicular, 8.1 - 8.9
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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7.7 - 9.2 mm, apex mucronate, mucro ca 1 mm long. Leaf indumentum strigose, hairs on upper and lower surface sparsely distributed, non overlapping, appressed and antrorse. Hairs on leaf margin appressed. Petiole well-defined, 11.9 - 13.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.2 - 0.3 mm; hairs appressed, antrorse, sparsely distributed. Stem light brown, decumbent, not rooting at nodes, 59 - 100
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.3 - 0.5 mm. Stem hairs appressed as for leaves, hairs 0.2 - 0.6 mm long. Stem leaves elliptic or orbicular, 7.2 - 8.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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4.4 - 6.2 mm, mucronulate, shortly petiolate or sessile towards distal end of stem. Indumentum as for rosette leaves. Calyx lobes lanceolate, 1.5 - 2 mm long, hairs in upper half of the lobe only. Fruiting calyx 2.3 - 3 mm long; hairs appressed, straight, overlapping, not uniform in size. Flowers borne along the trailing stem, each usually opposite to a leaf. Pedicel at fruiting 1.5 - 3 mm long. Corolla white with yellow scales, 3.7 - 4 mm across. Corolla lobes obovate, not overlapping, 1.4 - 1.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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1.2 - 1.6 mm, apex rounded or irregularly notched. Corolla tube 2 - 2.2 mm long. Stamens included in the corolla, with only the
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<normalizedToken originalValue="anther’s">anther's</normalizedToken>
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appendage slightly above the scales. Filament attached below scales. Anther 0.5
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.2 mm. Style 1.8 mm long, stigma clavate. Nutlet smooth, light brown, ovoid to ellipsoid, 1.2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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0.7 - 0.8 mm, ventral surface rounded.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="57" pageId="3" pageNumber="56" type="specimens examined">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="56">Specimens examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="57" pageId="3" pageNumber="56">
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New Zealand, South Island: north-west Nelson. Kahurangi National Park, upper Takaka River track, under overhang of limestone outcrop, alt. 857 m, 8 January 2011, C.A.Lehnebach & A.Zeller s.n. (WELT SP092173). Track along Takaka River, under overhang of limestone, alt. 736 m, 8 January 2011, C.A.Lehnebach & A.Zeller s.n. (WELT SP092172). Takaka Valley, alt. 900 m, under overhanging limestone rock in forest, February 1977, A.P. Druce s.n. (CHR
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<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="57" start="start">311720</pageBreakToken>
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). Takaka River, near Ghost Creek Saddle, alt. 840 m, under overhang of limestone outcrop on dry loose fine soil, 22 April 2005, S. Courtney s.n. (NM 2688). Takaka Valley, Paynes Ford, at a base of limestone bluff, 30 October 2010, S. Courtney s.n. (NM 4835). Aniseed Valley. Valley down which Roding River, tributary of the Wairoa River, runs, 26 November 1967, R.H.S. (CHR 269160).
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<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/10164" pageId="4" pageNumber="57" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="57">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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Photograph of the holotype of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityYear="2012" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="4" pageNumber="57" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chaffeyorum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">Myosotis chaffeyorum</emphasis>
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C.A. Lehnebach. (A.P.Druce s.n., CHR 311719). Copyright Allan Herbarium (CHR), Landcare Research. New Zealand.
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<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/10165" pageId="4" pageNumber="57" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="57">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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Plant of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityYear="2012" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="4" pageNumber="57" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chaffeyorum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">Myosotis chaffeyorum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">A</emphasis>
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) and close-up view of vegetative and reproductive structures (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">B</emphasis>
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Flowering stem
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">C</emphasis>
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Flower
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">D</emphasis>
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Rosette leaves
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">E</emphasis>
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Rosette leaf indumentum
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">F</emphasis>
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Petiole
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">G</emphasis>
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Stem
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">H</emphasis>
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Node with flower and stem leaf
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">I</emphasis>
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Nutlets). Bar = 1 cm in A & D, 5 mm in B & E, 1 mm in C, F, G, H, I. Material from WELT SP092173 (D, E, F, G, H) and WELT SP094151 (A, B, C, I).
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="57" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="57">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="57">This species is named after Annie and Henry Chaffey (http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4c15/1), who lived from ca 1913, for almost 40 years, as self-sustained, pioneers/exiles in this mountainous area of Kahurangi National Park. The tiny cottage they lived in still remains in place and served me as shelter during the expedition in which this new species was collected.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="57" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="57">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="57">Endemic to New Zealand, only found in north-west Nelson (South Island). Detailed geographic coordinates are not shown to protect this species from illegal collection but are available from the author on request.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="58" pageId="4" pageNumber="57" type="conservation status">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="57">Conservation status.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="58" pageId="4" pageNumber="57">
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Currently the existence of only five populations of this species can be confirmed. Two of them are within Kahurangi National Park where they occupy an approximate area of 6 m2 and 1 m2. The number of individuals at each site is
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<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="58" start="start">low</pageBreakToken>
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, ca 20 and 3, respectively. Three other populations are found outside the park, two of them in smaller protected areas which are regularly monitored by the Department of Conservation. At all these sites the species occupies a similar habitat and a small area (Shannel Courtney, personal communication). Considering this information and following the New Zealand Threat Classification System (
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<bibRefCitation author="Townsend, A" journalOrPublisher="New Zealand Journal of Botany" pageId="9" pageNumber="62" refId="B8" refString="Townsend, A, de Lange, P, Duffy, C, Miskelly, C, Molloy, J, Norton, D, 2008. New Zealand Threat Classification System Manual. Science & Technical Publishing, Department of Conservation. New Zealand." title="New Zealand Threat Classification System Manual. Science & Technical Publishing, Department of Conservation. New Zealand." year="2008">Townsend et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
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),
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityYear="2012" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chaffeyorum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis chaffeyorum</emphasis>
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should be considered as "Nationally Critical".
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="58" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="58">This is a perennial, self-pollinating species. It is habitat-specific and restricted to dry loose fine soil under shelters formed by limestone overhangs.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="58" type="discussion">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Discussion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="58">
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The earliest known collection of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis chaffeyorum</emphasis>
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dates from 1967 (CHR 269160). Its distinctiveness from other species of
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, however, was only noticed ca 10 years later when Anthony (Tony) Druce collected it while surveying the flora associated with Palaeogene calcareous rocks in north-west Nelson (Druce, unpublished). Druce noticed the overall similarity of this species to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="L. B. Moore" authorityYear="1961" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="matthewsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis matthewsii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="spathulata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis spathulata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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but also differences between them, which he wrote on the labels of the herbarium sheets of these collections (see
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Photograph of the holotype of Myosotis chaffeyorum C. A. Lehnebach. (A. P. Druce s. n., CHR 311719). Copyright Allan Herbarium (CHR), Landcare Research. New Zealand." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/10164" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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). These notes read "cf.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="L. B. Moore" authorityYear="1961" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="matthewsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis matthewsii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, but the flowers are smaller" and "cf.
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="spathulata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis spathulata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, but stem not creeping".
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="58">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="L. B. Moore" authorityYear="1961" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="matthewsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis matthewsii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="spathulata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis spathulata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are the only forget-me-nots in New Zealand with orbicular rosette leaves with which
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityYear="2012" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chaffeyorum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis chaffeyorum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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could be confused. The small flower with stamens within the corolla tube, the absence of roots at the nodes of the decumbent flowering stem and the strigose indumentum of the leaf lamina, petiole and stems of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityYear="2012" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chaffeyorum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis chaffeyorum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are key diagnostic characters to distinguish it from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="L. B. Moore" authorityYear="1961" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="matthewsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis matthewsii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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or
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="spathulata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis spathulata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. In the absence of flowers,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="L. B. Moore" authorityYear="1961" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="matthewsii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis matthewsii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityYear="2012" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chaffeyorum">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis chaffeyorum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by the presence of arcuate and erect hairs on the upper surface of the rosette leaves, larger leaves and a longer pedicel at fruiting (see
|
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<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Morphological comparison of Myosotis chaffeyorum, Myosotis mooreana with other species of Myosotis. Data for Myosotis brockiei, Myosotis forsteri, Myosotis matthewsii, and Myosotis spathulata are from Moore (1961, 1988), Moore and Simpson (1973) and representative voucher specimens (Appendix 1)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/FA3C926C9B9FA426269DF457E8FD46D7" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" tableUuid="FA3C926C9B9FA426269DF457E8FD46D7">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
). As for
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="spathulata">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis spathulata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, if no stems are present, it can be readily distinguished from
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="C. A. Lehnebach" authorityYear="2012" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Boraginaceae" genus="Myosotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Tubiflorae" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="chaffeyorum">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="58">Myosotis chaffeyorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the hispid indumentum on the leaf petiole and larger leaf lamina (see
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Morphological comparison of Myosotis chaffeyorum, Myosotis mooreana with other species of Myosotis. Data for Myosotis brockiei, Myosotis forsteri, Myosotis matthewsii, and Myosotis spathulata are from Moore (1961, 1988), Moore and Simpson (1973) and representative voucher specimens (Appendix 1)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/FA3C926C9B9FA426269DF457E8FD46D7" pageId="5" pageNumber="58" tableUuid="FA3C926C9B9FA426269DF457E8FD46D7">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
).
|
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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