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Summary New Zealand plants of Actinotus are compared with plants of related Australian species. The New Zealand taxon. often referred to as Hemiphues suffocata var. novae‐zelandiae , is better placed in Actinotus . New Zealand plants differ markedly from the Tasmanian Actinotus suffocatus , and it is suggested that Actinotus novae‐zelandiae (Petrie) Petrie is the most appropriate binomial for the New Zealand taxon.
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C. J. Webb (1980) studied this question.
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