Muehlenbeckia complexa var. grandifolia
Family
Polygonaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Native
Structural class
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons
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) – more information about this can be found on the NZTCS website. This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2012 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants.
Please note, threat classifications are often suggested by authors when publications fall between NZTCS assessment periods – an interim threat classification status has not been assessed by the NZTCS panel.
- Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017 . 2018. 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. Department of Conservation. Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2017 | Data Deficient
Etymology
muehlenbeckia: Named after a botanist named Muehlenbeck
complexa: Tangled
grandifolia: Big leaved
Notes on taxonomy
As currently circumscribed Muehlenbeckia complexa and M. australis remain highly variable species within which there may be cause to recognise additional taxa. Some of these have names. Muehlenbeckia complexa var. grandifolia is one of these, being regarded, increasingly, by New Zealand botanists as worthy of reinstatement. At the very least it deserves critical study, along with the other variants within M. complexa s.l., which include a distinct, large, and glossy-leaved, northern offshore island race, which is linked to var. grandifolia by its uniformly hairy stems.