Jovellana sinclairii
Common name
New Zealand calceolaria
Synonyms
Calceolaria sinclairii Hook.
Family
Calceolariaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Native
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
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
Current conservation status
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2017 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2012 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: By Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, John W. Barkla, Shannel P. Courtney, Paul D. Champion, Leon R. Perrie, Sarah M. Beadel, Kerry A. Ford, Ilse Breitwieser, Ines Schönberger, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Peter B. Heenan and Kate Ladley.
2012 | At Risk – Declining | Qualifiers: DP
Previous conservation statuses
2009 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: DP
2004 | Gradual Decline
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.
Features
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.
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Fruiting
October - February
Life cycle
Seeds are dispersed by wind and possibly water (Thorsen et al., 2009).
Propagation technique
Easily grown from seed and cuttings.
Etymology
jovellana: A man’s name
sinclairii: After Sinclair (c. 1796–1861). Colonial Secretary and naturalist.
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.
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
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)