DNA sequencing of the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and plastid trn K intron confirms that wild intergeneric hybrids between Argyrotegium mackayi and Leucogenes leontopodium occur in the Tararua Range of the North Island of New Zealand. Both parent species belong to the tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae), already known in New Zealand for numerous intergeneric hybrid combinations. However, an Argyrotegium × Leucogenes h...

An efficacious oiled wildlife response requires quick action to remove external contamination of birds’ plumage in order to minimise ingestion of the oil and reinstitute waterproofing and thermoregulatory abilities, with the ultimate goals of increasing likelihood of release and maximising survival. The accessibility of the preferred detergent used in washing wildlife, Dawn ® (Procter & Gamble), is limited for isolated nations...

Rare wild hybrids occur between five of the six genera in the New Zealand endemic Raoulia alliance. Some of these intergeneric hybrids are partially male and female fertile despite the remarkable phenotypic divergence of the parental species. In this preliminary study, meiotic behaviour was investigated in microsporocytes of two wild hybrids, Anaphalioides bellidioides × Ewartiothamnus sinclairii and Leucogenes grandiceps × Ra...