Pursuant to section 26 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Environmental Risk Management Authority hereby determines that the following are new organisms:
Proserpinaca palustris L. 1753 (Haloragaceae);
Nesaea pedicellata Hiern (Lythraceae);
Bacopa myriophylloides Wettst. (Scrophulariaceae);
Cladophora aegagropila (L.) Rabenhorst syn: Aegagropila linnaei Kütz. 1843;
Pogostemon helferi (Hook.f.) J. R. Press 1982. syn: Dysophylla helferi (Hook.f.) (Labiatae);
Monosolenium tenerum Griff. (Monoseleniaceae);
Eusteralis stellata (Lour.) G. Murata 1976. syn: Mentha stellata Buch. Ham. (Labiatae);
Ludwigia inclinata (L.f.) M. Gómez var. verticillata (Munz) Kasselm. 2003. syn: Ludwigia verticillata Munz 1944 (Onagraceae);
Eriocaulaceae possibly Eriocaulon sp1 (CHR 574287); and
Eriocaulon sp1 (Eriocaulaceae) (CHR 574291).
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of January 2006.
DR MAX SUCKLING, Chair, Decision-making Committee of the Authority.
1Undescribed species. On submitting samples to the Landcare Research’s Allan Herbarium, these two samples were allocated an accession number (see above) until they are taxonomically classified.