Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
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Nomenclature
Kalm ex L.
L.
1753
395
ICN
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
genus
Gaultheria
Classification
Subordinates
- Gaultheria antipoda
- Gaultheria calycina
- Gaultheria colensoi
- Gaultheria crassa
- Gaultheria depressa
- Gaultheria epiphyta
- Gaultheria erecta
- Gaultheria fluviatilis
- Gaultheria fragrantissima
- Gaultheria glandulosa
- Gaultheria macrostigma
- Gaultheria miqueliana
- Gaultheria mucronata
- Gaultheria multibracteolata
- Gaultheria nubicola
- Gaultheria oppositifolia
- Gaultheria paniculata
- Gaultheria parvula
- Gaultheria procumbens
- Gaultheria pumila
- Gaultheria pyroloides
- Gaultheria rupestris
- Gaultheria shallon
- Gaultheria subcorymbosa
- Gaultheria trichophylla
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Descriptions
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
Calyx 5-lobed, persistent; corolla 5-lobed, urceolate to campanulate, with 5 imbricate lobes. Stamens 10; anthers 2-celled, not exserted, dehiscing by pores, each cell tipped by 2 erect awns; filaments ± dilated at base. Ovary 5-loculed, style cylindric, stigma simple. Capsule loculicidally dehiscent, often invested by enlarged and succulent calyx; seeds ∞, minute. Widespread genus with c. 120 spp., mostly shrubs. The N.Z. spp. endemic, except , which occurs in Tasmania.
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
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2n = 21–24
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n = 11
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n = 11
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2n = 20–22
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Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
Evergreen, erect or prostrate shrubs, occasionally tree-like. Lvs usually alternate, rarely opposite, usually toothed; petiole short or occasionally 0. Fls in terminal or axillary racemes or panicles, less commonly solitary, (4)-5-merous, pedicellate, with bracts and bracteoles. Calyx lobed, usually deeply so, accrescent. Corolla lobed, urceolate to campanulate. Stamens 10, included; anthers with 2 or 4 awns or obtuse. Disc 10-lobed. Ovary glabrous. Fr. a 5-valved capsule invested by enlarged and fleshy calyx and thus berry-like, rarely calyx persistent but dry (5 N.Z. spp.). Seeds numerous, minute.
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Metadata
038e334a-3217-4cef-8f91-77447c81b5ec
scientific name
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1 January 2000
28 January 2014