Abstract
ABSTRACT A new species of Stolonivector (Lophocoleaceae) has been found from two separate sites in southern New Zealand. Stolonivector echioides has been assigned to this genus because it is has all the features of Stolonivector, namely the presence of stolons, a lack of secondary pigmentation, both lateral- and ventral-intercalary branching types, leafy branches that often become flagelliform, highly variable leaf apices on female shoots that are usually bifid towards the base of the stem becoming more shallowly bifid, retuse or entire towards the apex of the stem, and underleaves with apices that vary in the degree of division along the same stem ranging from undivided to deeply bifid. The most distinctive character that distinguishes this species from others in the genus is the spinose surface of leaves and perianths. This new addition brings the total number of New Zealand Stolonivector species to six, four of which are endemic.
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