Damnamenia

Black-eyed Daisy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Damnamenia
D.R.Given
Binomial name
Damnamenia vernicosa
(Hook.f.) Given
Synonyms[1]
  • Celmisia sect. Antarcticae Allan
  • Celmisia subg. Ionopsis Hook.f.
  • Celmisia vernicosa Hook.f.
  • Elcismia vernicosa (Hook.f.) B.L.Rob.
  • Celmisia vernicosa var. mollicula Allan
  • Aster vernicosus (Hook.f.) F.Muell.
  • Aster vernicifluus F.Muell.

Damnamenia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[2][3][4][5][6]

The only known species is Damnamenia vernicosa, called the Black-eyed Daisy. It is endemic to New Zealand (Auckland and Campbell Islands).[1][7]

Description

Damnamenia vernicosa is a small, perennial, stoloniferous herb. It has glossy green leaves and white daisy flowers with dark purple centres. The plant flowers from November to January and fruits from December to March.[8]

Distribution and habitat

The plant is endemic to New Zealand’s subantarctic Auckland and Campbell Islands. Its preferred habitats are upland cushion bogs and Pleurophyllum-dominated herbfields. It also grows at lower elevations in exposed and sparsely vegetated sites.[8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Given, David Roger. 1973. New Zealand Journal of Botany 11(4): 787
  3. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  4. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae" (HTML). Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  5. National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  6. "Polyarrhena Cass.". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  7. Living National Treasures, Checklist of Endemic Vascular Plant Genera, New Zealand
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Damnamenia vernicosa". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2014-07-06.