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Gaultheria Kalm ex L.

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Gaultheria Kalm ex L. in Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 395 (1753)
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Kalm ex L.
L.
1753
395
ICN
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
genus
Gaultheria

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Gaultheria

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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.

n = 11
n = 11
n = 11
2n = 21–24
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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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Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
Bhutan
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
Indonesia
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Gaultheria Kalm ex L.
Peru

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038e334a-3217-4cef-8f91-77447c81b5ec
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
28 January 2014
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