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Hymenanthera obovata Kirk

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Kirk
Kirk
1894
1895
350
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Hymenanthera obovata Kirk
species
Hymenanthera obovata

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Hymenanthera obovata Kirk

Erect to spreading dioec. shrub up to 3 m. tall, us. less; branchlets pubescent when young. Lvs of juvenile plants membr., obovate, toothed or lobed; lvs of adults coriac., on petioles 2-3 mm. long; lamina obovate to elliptic to obovate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, (1)-1·5-4 cm. × 7-15 mm.; margins thickened and slightly revolute, entire to slightly sinuate, rarely with 1 to 3 blunt teeth. Fls solitary or in fascicles, 3-4 mm. diam., on straight to decurved pedicels ± 4 mm. long; bracts below middle. ♂ with ovate sepals, free almost to base; petals pale yellow, revolute at tips; scales narrow-cuneate; membrane with lanceolate, fimbriate processes. ♀ smaller, petals broader. Fr. 3-5 mm. diam., subglobose to ovoid; style 2-fid; seeds (1)-2, plano-convex.

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Hymenanthera obovata Kirk
Hymenanthera obovata Kirk
Hymenanthera obovata Kirk
Hymenanthera obovata Kirk
Hymenanthera obovata Kirk
Hymenanthera obovata Kirk

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Hymenanthera obovata Kirk
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Hymenanthera obovata Kirk
New Zealand
Nelson Land District

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typification
Lectotype. New Zealand, South Island, Nelson: limestone rocks between Takaka and Riwaka, T. Kirk s.n., Mar 1885, WELT SP029564! (fide Allan 1961, p. 196).

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13 March 2002
5 January 2018
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