


Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman

Details
Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 43: 180 (1910)
Nomenclature
Cheeseman
F.Muell.
(F.Muell.) Cheeseman
1910
180
ICN
species
Coxella dieffenbachii
Classification
Descriptions
Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman
Glab. perennial herb with very stout deeply descending taproot. Flowering stem erect, up to c. 1 m. tall and 4 cm. diam. Lvs up to c. 6 dm. long, including sheathing petiole with 2 delicate blunt lobes. Lamina ± 15-30 × 10-20 cm. Primary pinnae 4-5 pairs, segs up to 8 cm. × 3 mm., linear, ± flaccid, bluntly mucronate. Infl. of several umbels, subpaniculately arranged, on stout peduncles c. 5-10-(15) cm. long. Primary bracts with broad base and pinnatisect lamina. Male umbels slender, with up to 15 rays ± 1 cm. long. Female umbels with 3-6 rays. Involucral bracts few, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. ♂ with distinct triangular acute calyx-teeth; petals oblong to ovate-oblong, ± 2 mm. long, inflexed. ♀ with distinct narrow-triangular, subacute calyx-teeth; petals c. 1·5 mm. long, obovate, inflexed. Fr. ± 15 × 10 mm., dorsally much-compressed. Mericarps, one 3- the other 2-(3)-winged; wings up to c. 3 mm. wide. Vittae 1-2 in each groove, 2-3 on commissural face.
Taxonomic concepts
Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman
Coxella dieffenbachii Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman
Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman
Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman
Coxella dieffenbachii (F.Muell.) Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Metadata
07bd6268-0ba1-4dcf-b844-271e8ea03291
scientific name
Names_Plants
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