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.
Nomenclature
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
1776
133, t. 67
ICN
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
genus
Pennantia
Classification
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Descriptions
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."
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
2n = 50
Taxonomic concepts
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Pennantia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 April 2014