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Epilobium pedunculare

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Epilobium pedunculare
as E. linnaeoides (Plate VI)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium
Species:
E. pedunculare
Binomial name
Epilobium pedunculare
Synonyms[2]

Epilobium linnaeoides Hook.f.
Epilobium arnottianum Gillies ex Hook.
Epilobium caespitosum Hausskn.
Epilobium longipes Hausskn.

Epilobium pedunculare (E. linnaeoides), the rockery willowherb,[4] is a species of Epilobium similar to E. brunnescens.[5] It is found on the Antipodean Islands, Chatham Island, Macquarie Island, and both the North and South Island of New Zealand.[2]

Description

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With leaves tooth 4 to 9 mm.[5]

Distribution

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A native of New Zealand, the species has now naturalized in Ireland.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Hooker, J.D. (1844). "Epilobium linnaeoides Plate VI". The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. 1: 10, Plate V.
  2. ^ a b c "Epilobium pedunculare A.Cunn. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  3. ^ Cunningham, A. (1839). "Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor". Annals of Natural History. 3: 31.
  4. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. ^ a b Webb, D.A., Parnell, J. and Doogue, D. 1996. An Irish Flora. Dundalgan Press (W.Tempest) Ltd. Dundalk. ISBN 0-85221-131-7