New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Iti lacustris (Brassicaceae), a new genus and species from southern New Zealand

P. J. GARNOCK-JONES

Botany Division, DSIR
Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

P. N. JOHNSON

Botany Division, DSIR
Private Bag, Dunedin, New Zealand

Abstract Iti lacustris, a small annual herb from Fiordland, south-west New Zealand, is described and illustrated. It belongs in tribe Sisymbrieae, but its adaptations to an unusual habitat and its unspecialised reproductive morphology obscure its affinities. Iti lacustris is a minor component of lake-edge turf on cobble beaches at Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau. Although /. lacustris is rare and possibly endangered, its distribution within Fiordland National Park, and the legal confinement of the levels of Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, provide considerable protection of its habitat.

KeywordsIti lacustris; Brassicaceae; Sisymbrieae; New Zealand flora; taxonomy; new genus; new species

Received 15 September 1986; accepted 11 December 1986
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1987, Vol. 25: 603-610
0028-825X/87/25O4-0603$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1987

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