Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Akepiro
Description
Family Compositae
The largest family of flowering plants , the Compositae (Asteraceae), comprising about 1,100 genera and more than 20,000 species and characterized by many small flowers arranged in a head looking like a single flower and subtended by an involucre of bracts. A head may consist of both ray flowers and disk flowers, as in the sunflower, of disk flowers only, as in the burdock, or of ray flowers only, as in the dandelion.
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-8' tall.
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Compositae
()
- Giseke, 1792, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
()
- Tribe:
Astereae
()
- Subtribe:
Hinterhuberinae
()
- Genus:
Olearia
()
- Moench, 1802, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
furfuracea
- (A.Rich.) Hook.f.
- Botanical name: - Olearia furfuracea (A.Rich.) Hook.f.
- Specific epithet:
furfuracea
- (A.Rich.) Hook.f.
- Genus:
Olearia
(
- Subtribe:
Hinterhuberinae
(
- Tribe:
Astereae
(
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
(
- Family:
Compositae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Data Providers: New Zealand Plant Name Database, Govaerts
World Compositae Checklist
A-G, IPNI, Tropicos. GCC LSID: urn
:lsid:compositae.org:names:7908F3A8-BC73-4CDA-A3E5-D6A206F7841F
Last scrutiny: 15-Aug-09
Similar Species
Members of the genus Olearia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
O. algida (Alpine Daisy-Bush) · O. allomii (Daisy Bush) · O. arborescens (Common Tree Daisy) · O. argophylla (Musk Daisy-Bush) · O. asterotricha (Rough Daisy-Bush) · O. axillaris (Coast Daisy-Bush) · O. cheesmanii (Daisy Bush) · O. ciliata (Fringed Daisy-Bush) · O. elliptica (Sticky Daisy-Bush) · O. erubescens (Moth Daisy-Bush) · O. floribunda (Heath Daisy-Bush) · O. frostii (Bogong Daisy-Bush) · O. furfuracea (Akepiro) · O. glandulosa (Swamp Daisy-Bush) · O. glutinosa (Sticky Daisy-Bush) · O. ilicifolia (Mountain Holly) · O. ledifolia (Orites Mountain Daisy-Bush) · O. lirata (Showy Daisy-Bush) · O. macrodonta (Bush Daisy) · O. megalophylla (Large-Leaf Daisy-Bush) · O. minor (Satin Daisy-Bush) · O. muelleri (Mueller Daisy-Bush) · O. myrsinoides (Silky Daisy-Bush) · O. persoonioides (Geebung Daisy-Bush) · O. phlogopappa (Dusty Daisy-Bush) · O. ramulosa (Twiggy Daisy-Bush) · O. rugosa (Wrinkled Daisy-Bush) · O. speciosa (Netted Daisy-Bush) · O. stellulata (Starry Daisy-Bush) · O. teretifolia (Cypress Daisy-Bush) · O. tomentosa (Toothed Daisy-Bush) · O. viscosa (Viscid Daisy-Bush)
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Further Reading
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 21, p. 85.
- Manual of the New Zealand flora. By T. F. Cheeseman. .. Wellington, N. Z., J. Mackay, Govt. Printer, 1906. url p. 1094, p. 1099, p. 1107, p. 1110, p. 278, p. 284.
- New Zealand plants and their story, by L. Cockayne. Wellington, J. Mackay, government printer, 1910. url p. 55.
- New Zealand plants and their story. By L. Cockayne. .. Wellington, N.Z., M.F. Marks, Govt. Printer, 1919. url p. 74.
- Plants of New Zealand / Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1906. url , .
- Plants of New Zealand, by R. M. Laing and E. W. Blackwell. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd., 1906. url p. 409.
- Plants of New Zealand, by R.M. Laing, and E.W. Blackwell. Christchurch, Wellington, and Dunedin, N.Z. [etc.]Whitcombe and Tombs, 1907. url p. 409, p. 415.
- The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 52, p. 80, p. xviii.
- The students' flora of New Zealand and the outlying islands. Wellington, N. Z., John Mackay, govt. printer[1899] url .
- Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Wellington: New Zealand Institute. url , p. 154, p. 212, p. 239, p. 239, p. 243, p. 253, p. 257, p. 277, p. 305, p. 307, p. 312, p. 335, p. 349, p. 368, p. 378, p. 477, p. 513, p. 52, p. 55, p. 96, p. 96, p. 97.
- Tutira: the story of a New Zealand sheep station / by H. Guthrie-Smith. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1921. url p. 106.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5846275
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-14178
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:234825-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1012479
