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Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 133, t. 67 (1776)
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
1776
133, t. 67
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Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
genus
Pennantia

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Pennantia

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Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Dioec. to polygamous shrubs or trees with fls in terminal panicles. Calyx minute; petals white, glab.; stamens 5, filaments filiform. Ovary 1-celled, ovule solitary. Drupe small; stone obtusely trigonous. A small genus occurring in N.Z., Australia, Norfolk Id; the N.Z. sp. endemic.
"Tree. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers hermaphrodite, in panicles usually below the terminal leaves but sometimes terminal, bracts minute. Calyx disc-like, with 5 minute points opposite the stamens. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals, filaments folded in the unopened flower. Ovary one-celled, ovule single, suspended from the top. Stigmas 3, sessile, united, forming a broad, flat disc."

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Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plectomirtha W.R.B.Oliv.
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plectomirtha W.R.B.Oliv.
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District

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10d2a53a-1506-4eb1-9668-cc0b85f1745a
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 April 2014
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