2018/07/26 by David A. Norton · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
paper · doi:10.1080/0028825x.2018.1491863
openalex publication_date 2018/07/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
ABSTRACT A substantial northern range extension for the southwestern South Island endemic Dracophyllum fiordense is described. Previously, this species was known to extend from Fiordland up the western side of the Southern Alps as far as the Franz Joseph Glacier. New records from the Waitaha and Hokitika River catchments extend its range northeast by a further 60 and 75 km, respectively, from its previous known northern limit. This extension may represent recent northwards dispersal, but equally could be because this species has either not been seen in this rugged mountain country or has been confused with the morphologically similar Dracophyllum traversii .