Species

Fuscospora truncata

Common Name(s)

Hard beech

Current Conservation Status

2012 - Not Threatened

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Previous Conservation Status

2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened

Authority

Fuscospora truncata (Colenso) Heenan et Smissen

Family

Nothofagaceae

Brief Description

Tall forest tree bearing masses of small bluntly-toothed leaves that only occasionally have a small hairy pit at the junction of the veins. Leaves 2.5-3.5cm long, teeth irregular in size. Flowers and fruit small and usually inconspicuous but change colour of tree when in flower.

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

NOTTRU

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Synonyms

Fagus truncata Colenso, Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne

Flower Colours

Orange,Yellow

Threats

Not Threatened

Chromosome No.

2n = 26

Endemic Taxon

Yes

Endemic Genus

No

Endemic Family

No

 

 
      
 

References and further reading

Anonymous. 1946. Note on Nothofagus truncata. Auckland Botanical Society Journal, 3: 5-6

Anonymous. 1957. Construction of key for the genus Nothofagus. Auckland Botanical Society Journal,   14: 2-3

Cameron, E.K. 1997. Distribution of beech in the Waitakere Ranges. Auckland Botanical Society Journal, 52: 68-72.

Greenwood, R.M. 1959. Hard beech in the Tararuas. Wellington Botanical Society Bulletin, 31: 15-18 

Heenan, P.B.; Smissen, R.D. 2013: Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae). Phytotaxa 146: 1-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.146.1.1

Rogan, D. 1999. New northern limit for hard beech Nothofagus truncata. Auckland Botanical Society Journal, 54: 1

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