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NEWSLETTER No
Waikato Botanical Society Inc. NEWSLETTER No. 38, August 2014 President Paula Reeves Ph 021 267 5802 [email protected] Secretary Kerry Jones Ph 07 855 9700 / 027 747 0733 [email protected] For all correspondence: Waikato Botanical Society Treasurer The University of Waikato Mike Clearwater C/o- Department of Biological Sciences Ph 07 838 4613 / 021 203 2902 Private Bag 3105 [email protected] HAMILTON Email: [email protected] Newsletter Editor Website: http://waikatobotsoc.org.nz/ Susan Emmitt Ph 027 408 4374 [email protected] Editors note There have been some great field trips so far this year with a lot of variety and some great ones to look forward to still. A highlight for me was the trip to Lake Koraha in January, as it is such a spectacular place and a bit of an adventure to get to. Field trips coming up can be viewed on the event calendar http://waikatobotsoc.org.nz/?page_id=6 Susan Index President’s address AGM 2014……………………………………………………………………………………………….2 AGM Minutes 2014………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Financial statement………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5 Talks/Seminars 2011-2014 report to AGM……………………………………………………………………………..6 Plant profile……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 Threatened plant garden update……………………………………………………………………………………………8 Field trip reports…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….9 1 Presidents’ AGM address 1 May 2014 By Paula Reeves Thanks everyone for coming along tonight. We Usually the trip leader is writing up the report. have had another busy year and I’m very It would be good if we could endeavour to have grateful to the committee for all that they have someone else besides the trip leader write up done to bring us the exciting events we’ve had the report so the trip leader can concentrate this year. -
Tmesipteris Tannensis
Tmesipteris tannensis COMMON NAME Fork Fern SYNONYMS Lycopodium tannense Spreng.; Tmesipteris fowerakeri H.N.Barber, Tmesipteris forsteri sensu A.Cunn. nom. inv., FAMILY Psilotaceae AUTHORITY Tmesipteris tannensis (Spreng.) Bernh. FLORA CATEGORY Vascular – Native ENDEMIC TAXON Yes Tararua Forest Park. June 2005. Photographer: ENDEMIC GENUS Jeremy Rolfe No ENDEMIC FAMILY No STRUCTURAL CLASS Ferns NVS CODE TMETAN CHROMOSOME NUMBER Tararua Forest Park. June 2005. Photographer: 2n = 208 Jeremy Rolfe CURRENT CONSERVATION STATUS 2012 | Not Threatened PREVIOUS CONSERVATION STATUSES 2009 | Not Threatened 2004 | Not Threatened DISTRIBUTION Endemic. New Zealand, North, South, Stewart, Chatham and Auckland Islands. HABITAT Coastal to subalpine.Terrestrial or epiphytic on a wide range of hosts and often sympatric with Tmesipteris elongata (less frequently with T. lanceolata and T. sigmatifolia). Less common in coastal and lowland areas in the far north where it is mostly known from higher altitude forest. However, steadily becoming more common from about Whangarei south. FEATURES Rhizome: dichotomously branched, brittle, 2.0-3.5 mm diameter. Aerial shoot: developing over one to many years, but eventually terminating in a small appendage 0.1-0.5× the length of the largest leaves, simple, erect, suberect, or pendulous, 50-1200 mm long, triangular in cross-section, leaves and sporophylls spirally arranged. Leaves coriaceous, brittle, one surface deep glossy green, occasionally with a few stomata towards the far end, other surface dull green covered with stomata; shape variable often on same shoot, oblong, lanceolate, falcate, or ovate, 6-30 mm long × 2.5-9.0 mm broad; apex of leaf very variable often on the same plant, acute, obtuse to truncate, mucronate; mucro 1-2 mm long. -
Ackama Rosifolia
Ackama rosifolia COMMON NAME Makamaka SYNONYMS Caldcluvia rosifolia (A.Cunn.) Hoogland FAMILY Cunoniaceae AUTHORITY Ackama rosifolia A.Cunn. FLORA CATEGORY Vascular – Native ENDEMIC TAXON Yes ENDEMIC GENUS No ENDEMIC FAMILY No STRUCTURAL CLASS Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons NVS CODE ACKROS Fruit. In cultivation. Nov 2006. Photographer: Peter de Lange CHROMOSOME NUMBER 2n=32 CURRENT CONSERVATION STATUS 2012 | Not Threatened PREVIOUS CONSERVATION STATUSES 2009 | Not Threatened 2004 | Not Threatened BRIEF DESCRIPTION Small Northland tree. Leaves consisting of 4 to 10 or more opposite pairs of toothed leaflets and a terminal leaflet which have small hairy pits at the junction of the main leaflet veins. Flowers in dense sprays of cream coloured flowers developing into pinkish or red fruits. DISTRIBUTION Endemic. North Island only from near Kaitaia south to just north of Wellsford. Often rather local in its occurrences, particularly south of Whangarei. Fruit. In cultivation. Nov 2006. Photographer: SIMILAR TAXA Peter de Lange Very similar to juvenile foliage of Weinmannia silvicola but can be distinguished by the domatia on the underside of the leaves. These domatia are known as tuft pocket domatia and occur at the junction of the mid-rib and the side vein where there is a pocket of hairs. Makamaka also has huge prominent stipules that are large, green and heavily veined. FLOWER COLOURS Cream, White LIFE CYCLE Hairy carpels dispersed by wind (Thorsen et al., 2009). PROPAGATION TECHNIQUE Can be grown from semi-hardwood cuttings and fresh seed. A fast growing, and rather attractive small tree. However, very drought intolerant, and needs a damp soil and sunny aspect to thrive. -
Supplementary Material Saving Rainforests in the South Pacific
Australian Journal of Botany 65, 609–624 © CSIRO 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/BT17096_AC Supplementary material Saving rainforests in the South Pacific: challenges in ex situ conservation Karen D. SommervilleA,H, Bronwyn ClarkeB, Gunnar KeppelC,D, Craig McGillE, Zoe-Joy NewbyA, Sarah V. WyseF, Shelley A. JamesG and Catherine A. OffordA AThe Australian PlantBank, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mount Annan, NSW 2567, Australia. BThe Australian Tree Seed Centre, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. CSchool of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia DBiodiversity, Macroecology and Conservation Biogeography Group, Faculty of Forest Sciences, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. EInstitute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222 Palmerston North 4474, New Zealand. FRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Wakehurst Place, RH17 6TN, United Kingdom. GNational Herbarium of New South Wales, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. HCorresponding author. Email: [email protected] Table S1 (below) comprises a list of seed producing genera occurring in rainforest in Australia and various island groups in the South Pacific, along with any available information on the seed storage behaviour of species in those genera. Note that the list of genera is not exhaustive and the absence of a genus from a particular island group simply means that no reference was found to its occurrence in rainforest habitat in the references used (i.e. the genus may still be present in rainforest or may occur in that locality in other habitats). As the definition of rainforest can vary considerably among localities, for the purpose of this paper we considered rainforests to be terrestrial forest communities, composed largely of evergreen species, with a tree canopy that is closed for either the entire year or during the wet season. -
Rugis, J.: a Native Fern Survey Report
Wairua Lodge Coromandel Peninsula 28/01/09 Ferns and Fern Allies Adiantum cunninghamii Asplenium bulbiferum Asplenium laccidum Asplenium polyodon Blechnum chambersii Blechnum filiforme Blechnum fluviatile Blechnum fraseri Blechnum novae-zelandiae Cardiomanes reniforme Cyathea dealbata Cyathea medullaris Dicksonia squarrosa Hymenophyllum demissum Hymenophyllum dilatatum Hymenophyllum flabellatum Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum Lastreopsis hispida Leptopteris hymenophylloides Loxsoma cunninghamii Lycopodium cernuum Lycopodium volubile Microsorum pustulatum Microsorum scandens Paesia scaberula Pneumatopteris pennigera Pyrrosia eleagnifolia Rumohra adiantiformis Sticherus cunninghamii Tmesipteris lanceolata Tmesipteris tannensis Trichomanes elongatum List compiled by John & Anna Rugis. Photography copyright 2009 J. Rugis. Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum This filmy fern grows as an epiphyte on the trunks of trees ferns. In dry weather it characteristically protects itself by curling up, waiting for a rain shower and re-hydration. The height range of the plants shown in this image is approximately 3-4cm. Sticherus cunninghamii Sticherus, commonly known as 'umbrella fern', can be found on exposed clay banks. Loxsoma cunninghamii The genus Loxsoma contains only this single species, native to New Zealand and nowhere else. This rare fern is now largely confined to central Coromandel. Older yellow fronds co-exist with several shades of younger green fronds. Loxsoma is usually found on stream banks. Loxsoma cunninghamii The spore bearing capsules are tubular and located on the underside of the fronds. As can be seen in this image, fully extended spent capsules are found on older fronds. Loxsoma cunninghamii The underside of younger fronds is distinctively white colored. In this image we see the spore capsules at a stage in their development when they are just beginning to eject spore. -
Environmental Pest Plants
RESTORATION PLAN FOR THE SPENCER ROAD PART OF THE LAKE TARAWERA CATCHMENT R4152c RESTORATION PLAN FOR THE SPENCER ROAD PART OF THE LAKE TARAWERA CATCHMENT Contract Report No. 4152c February 2017 Updated February 2019 Project Team: Richard Gillies - Fieldwork, report author Jennifer Murray - Fieldwork, report author Sarah Beadel - Field assessment, project management, report author, peer review Prepared for: Lake Tarawera Ratepayers Association and Tarawera Landcare 2115 99 SALA STREET, WHAKAREWAREWA, 3010, P.O. BOX 7137, TE NGAE, ROTORUA 3042 Ph 07-343-9017; Fax 07-343-9018, email [email protected], www.wildlands.co.nz EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Tarawera Landcare 2115, via the Lake Tarawera Ratepayers Association, has signed a MoU with Rotorua Lakes Council regarding the management of Council land along the margins of Lake Tarawera between Otumutu Lagoon and Te Toroa Point. The site is c.6.5 km long and covers 24 ha. The Lake Tarawera Ratepayers Association has commissioned this plan to guide ecological management there. A separate plan has been developed for Māori land on Kariri Point. A review of background information and ecological surveys and assessments of the study area were undertaken during October-December 2016. Indigenous forest dominated by māhoe, mamaku, kāmahi, fivefinger and, in places, pōhutukawa and kānuka, occupies around 40% of the study area, and is representative of the vegetation regenerating after the 1886 Tarawera eruption. A distinctive feature is the presence of healthy numbers of the mistletoe Tupeia antarctica, an At Risk species, from Cliff Road Reserve northwards, attributable to ongoing possum control by the Tarawera community. Lakeshore vegetation provides roosting and nesting habitat for waterbirds, particularly dabchick, a Threatened endemic waterbird present along the entire shoreline. -
Native Trees Field Guide to New Zealand’S Native Trees
FIELD GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND’S NATIVE TREES FIELD GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND’S NATIVE TREES JOHN DAWSON & ROB LUCAS CONTENTS Introduction 7 Conifers 9 Visual key to conifers 14 Tree ferns 51 Flowering trees 67 This book is derived from New Zealand’s Native Trees by John Dawson and Rob Lucas (2012). Visual key to flowering trees 72 The text was abridged and edited by Sue Hallas. The ‘distinguishing features’ boxes were compiled Glossary 426 by Sue Hallas and Cathy Jones. Thanks to Barry Sneddon and Phil Garnock-Jones for contributing the introductions to conifers and flowering trees Further reading 430 respectively. Thanks also to the photographers who supplied photographs as credited in captions. Index 431 First published in 2012 by Craig Potton Publishing Craig Potton Publishing 98 Vickerman Street, PO Box 555, Nelson, New Zealand www.craigpotton.co.nz Text © John Dawson; photographs © Rob Lucas unless specified otherwise. Design and layout: Jane Connor and Karen Jones Cover design: Chris Chisnall ISBN 978 1 877517 82 2 Printed in China by Everbest This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without the permission of the publishers. INTRODUCTION WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT mountains near the treeline, beech forests are of- New ZEALAND'S NATIVE TREES ten swathed in mist, and with the constant high AND Forests? humidity, water drips from every twig. At these New Zealand’s native trees and forests are unique. high altitudes, the trees are often stunted and con- They look, smell and feel like no other forests, torted, giving these subalpine beech forests, often which is not surprising, as more than 80% of the referred to as cloud forests or goblin forests, an otherworldly feel. -
Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015
Introduction to the Census of the Queensland flora 2015 Queensland Herbarium 2015 Version 1.1 Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation Prepared by Peter D Bostock and Ailsa E Holland Queensland Herbarium Science Delivery Division Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation PO Box 5078 Brisbane QLD 4001 © The State of Queensland (Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation) 2015 The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek permission from DSITI, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation as the source of the publication. For more information on this licence visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within this document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the responsibility of those parties. Information contained in this document is from a number of sources and, as such, does not necessarily represent government or departmental policy. If you need to access this document in a language other than English, please call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and ask them to telephone Library Services on +61 7 3170 5725 Citation for introduction (this document) Bostock, P.D. -
Co-Extinction of Mutualistic Species – an Analysis of Ornithophilous Angiosperms in New Zealand
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CO-EXTINCTION OF MUTUALISTIC SPECIES An analysis of ornithophilous angiosperms in New Zealand Sandra Palmqvist Degree project for Master of Science (120 hec) with a major in Environmental Science ES2500 Examination Course in Environmental Science, 30 hec Second cycle Semester/year: Spring 2021 Supervisor: Søren Faurby - Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences Examiner: Johan Uddling - Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences “Tui. Adult feeding on flax nectar, showing pollen rubbing onto forehead. Dunedin, December 2008. Image © Craig McKenzie by Craig McKenzie.” http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/sites/all/files/1200543Tui2.jpg Table of Contents Abstract: Co-extinction of mutualistic species – An analysis of ornithophilous angiosperms in New Zealand ..................................................................................................... 1 Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Samutrotning av mutualistiska arter – En analys av fågelpollinerade angiospermer i New Zealand ................................................................... 3 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5 2. Material and methods ............................................................................................................... 7 2.1 List of plant species, flower colours and conservation status ....................................... 7 2.1.1 Flower Colours ............................................................................................................. -
Motu ED (Report Prepared on 13 August 2013)
1 NZFRI collection wish list for Motu ED (Report prepared on 13 August 2013) Fern Schizaea australis Aspleniaceae Thelypteridaceae Asplenium bulbiferum Pneumatopteris pennigera Asplenium flaccidum Asplenium gracillimum Fern Ally Asplenium haurakiense Lycopodiaceae Asplenium hookerianum Huperzia australiana Asplenium northlandicum Huperzia varia Asplenium polyodon Lycopodiella lateralis Blechnaceae Lycopodium fastigiatum Blechnum colensoi Psilotaceae Blechnum filiforme Tmesipteris tannensis Blechnum fluviatile Selaginellaceae Blechnum minus Selaginella kraussiana Blechnum minus x novae-zelandiae Blechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina Gymnosperm Blechnum procerum Cupressaceae Blechnum vulcanicum Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Cyatheaceae Libocedrus bidwillii Cyathea colensoi Pinaceae Cyathea cunninghamii Pinus radiata Cyathea medullaris Podocarpaceae Cyathea smithii Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Dennstaedtiaceae Dacrydium cupressinum Histiopteris incisa Lepidothamnus laxifolius Hypolepis ambigua Phyllocladus alpinus Hypolepis distans Phyllocladus toatoa Hypolepis millefolium Phyllocladus trichomanoides Dicksoniaceae Podocarpus hallii x nivalis Dicksonia fibrosa Podocarpus totara var. totara Dicksonia lanata var. lanata Prumnopitys ferruginea Dicksonia squarrosa Prumnopitys taxifolia Dryopteridaceae Cystopteris tasmanica Monocotyledon Diplazium australe Amaryllidaceae Lastreopsis glabella Amaryllis belladonna Lastreopsis hispida Narcissus tazetta Polystichum neozelandicum subsp. neozelandicum Araceae Polystichum silvaticum Colocasia esculenta Polystichum -
Downloaded from GBIF on August 107
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.23.916817; this version posted January 24, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-ND 4.0 International license. Signals of recent tropical radiations in Cunoniaceae, an iconic family for understanding Southern Hemisphere biogeography Ricardo A. Segovia1,2, Andy R. Griffiths1, Diego Arenas3, A. A. Piyali Dias1,4, Kyle G. Dexter1,4 1 School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2 Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (www.ieb-chile.cl), Santiago, Chile. 3 School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom. 4 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom. * [email protected] Abstract Extratropical angiosperm diversity is thought to have arisen from lineages that originated in the more diverse tropics, but studies of dispersal be- tween tropical and extratropical environments and their consequences for diversification are rare. In order to understand the evolutionary effects of shifts between the tropics and extratropics, defined here as areas that do versus do not regularly experience freezing temperatures, we studied the biogeographic history and associated diversification patterns of Cunoniaceae. We mapped the distribution of all species in the family and combined this with a newly constructed phylogeny for the family. The family shows a long evolutionary association with both tropical and extratropical environments, the tropics house considerably greater species richness of Cunoniaceae. In- deed, both tropical and extratropical environments appear to have had a similar number of lineages until 12 Ma, after which time the number of lineages in tropical areas increased at a faster rate. -
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari Restoration Plan 2019–2029
Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari Restoration Plan 2019–2029 Prepared for: Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust June 2019 Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari Restoration Plan 2019–2029 Contract Report: LC3464 John Innes, Corinne Watts Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Bruce Burns University of Auckland With contributions from other members of, and advisors to, the Maungatautari Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel: Aaron Barnsdall (Mana Whenua Trustee) Geoff Churchill (Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust) Professor Bruce Clarkson (University of Waikato) Poto Davies (Maungatautari Mana Whenua) Dr Catherine Kirby (University of Waikato) Cheridan Mathers (Hamilton Zoo) Dr Shelley Langton-Myers (EcoQuest Education Foundation) Robyn Nightingale (Maungatautari Mana Whenua) Dr Kate Richardson (Waikato Regional Council) Tony Roxburgh (Waipa District Council) Alan Saunders (Waikato Regional Council) Dr Andrew Styche (Department of Conservation) Dr Kiri Wallace (University of Waikato) Dr Janelle Ward (Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust) Reviewed by: Approved for release by: Robyn Simcock Gary Houliston Scientist Portfolio Leader – Enhancing Biodiversity Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Disclaimer This report has been prepared by Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research for Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust. If used by other parties, no warranty or representation is given as to its accuracy and no liability is accepted for loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from reliance on the information in it.