Gentiana lilliputiana (Gentianaceae), a new, minute, annual from New Zealand

Abstract

A new species of Gentiana is described from New Zealand. G. lilliputiana C. Webb is a minute annual and usually bears only a single, terminal, 4-merous flower. It is most similar to the annual G. filipes but that species usually has larger and more numerous, 5-merous flowers with a more deeply divided corolla and calyx. G. lilliputiana occurs in bogs and flushes on the Kirkliston Range (South Canterbury) and the Dunstan Mountains (Central Otago).

Keywords:

• Gentiana lilliputiana
• Gentianaceae
• new species
• distribution
• New Zealand