Jovellana sinclairii
Common names
New Zealand calceolaria
Biostatus
Native
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Detailed description
Herbaceous, leafy, ± glandular-pubescent, perennial, forming rounded shrubs up to 1.0 × 1.8 m. Stems up to 0.8 m long, green or red, laxly branched, slender, initially sprawling, otherwise ascendant, bases becoming woody with age; upper branches numerous, slender, finely striate, often bearing minute leaflets in axils. Leaves opposite, somewhat membranous; petiole up to 8.2 × 2.3 mm, fleshy, adaxially channeled, bases sometimes pulvinate; lamina 20-80 × 20-50 mm, dark green to yellow-green above, light green or pinkish below, narrow-ovate, broad-ovate, ovate-oblong to ovate elliptic, apiculate, margins coarsely 2-3 crenate-serrate, sometimes lobed, bases broadly cuneate, cordate to weakly oblique, sometimes cordate-truncate. Inflorescences numerous, slender, terminal, paniculate, usually trichotomously branched, up to 300 mm. Pedicels slender, up to 30 mm. Calyx subcampanulate, c.2 mm, deeply cut into ovate to deltoid lobes. Corolla white to yellow-flushed, spotted purple, puberulous, divided c.one-third to half-way into 2 nearly equal concave lips 4.8-10.2 mm long. Anthers suborbicular, filaments short. Capsule obovoid, 3.8-4.2 mm long. Seed 0.35-0.60 mm, dark red-brown, ± elliptic to oblong, rarely curved.
Distribution
Locally found from near Hicks Bay southwards.
Habitat
Shaded coastal and lower montane streamsides, cliff seepages, or on damp sparsely vegetated ground on forest margins.
Current conservation status
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2022-2023 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) – more information about this can be found on the NZTCS website. This report includes replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Previous assessments can be found here.
Please note, threat classifications are often suggested by authors when publications fall between NZTCS assessment periods – these interim threat classification statuses has not been assessed by the NZTCS panel.
- Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. 2024. Peter J. de Lange, Jane Gosden, Shannel P. Courtney, Alexander J. Fergus, John W. Barkla, Sarah M. Beadel, Paul D. Champion, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Troy Makan and Pascale Michel Department of Conservation. Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2023 | At Risk – Declining | Qualifiers: DPS, DPT
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Calceolariaceae
Synonyms
Calceolaria sinclairii Hook.
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Fruiting
October - February
Life cycle and dispersal
Seeds are dispersed by wind and possibly water (Thorsen et al., 2009).
Propagation technique
Easily grown from seed and cuttings.
Other information
Etymology
jovellana: A man’s name
sinclairii: After Sinclair (c. 1796–1861). Colonial Secretary and naturalist.
NVS code
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.
JOVSIN
Chromosome number
2n = 36
Previous conservation statuses
2017 | At Risk – Declining | Qualifiers: DP
2012 | At Risk – Declining | Qualifiers: DP
2009 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: DP
2004 | Gradual Decline
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Wellington, Government Printer.
Thorsen, M. J.; Dickinson, K. J. M.; Seddon, P. J. 2009. Seed dispersal systems in the New Zealand flora. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 11: 285-309
Attribution
Fact sheet prepared for NZPCN by P.J. de Lange 5 May 2011. Description adapted from Allan (1961) and updated using fresh plant material and herbarium specimens.
Some of this factsheet information is derived from Flora of New Zealand Online and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence.
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: de Lange, P.J. (Year at time of access): Jovellana sinclairii Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/jovellana-sinclairii/ (Date website was queried)