Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
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Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen. 2, 227 (1841)
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Nomenclature
(A.Cunn.) Meisn.
A.Cunn.
Meisn.
1841
227
ICN
species
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Classification
Subordinates
Vernacular names
Synonyms
- Muehlenbeckia complexa var. microphylla (Colenso) Cockayne
- Muehlenbeckia complexa var. trilobata (Colenso) Cheeseman
- Muehlenbeckia ephedroides var. muricatula (Colenso) Cheeseman
- Muehlenbeckia microphylla Colenso
- Muehlenbeckia muricatula Colenso
- Muehlenbeckia paucifolia Colenso
- Muehlenbeckia trilobata Colenso
- Muehlenbeckia truncata Colenso
- Muehlenbeckia varians Meisn.
- Polygonum complexum A.Cunn.
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Descriptions
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Rather stout dioec. liane up to ± 6 m. tall, much-branched, branches ± interlacing (forming tangled masses in absence of support). Main stems us. not > 5 cm. diam.; branchlets very slender, terete, ± striate, pubescent in early growth, bark dark to rather light reddish brown. Lvs on petioles up to 1 cm. long; lamina dark green above, paler and often glaucous below, 5-20 × 2-15 mm., glab., coriac. to submembr., of diverse form (several forms may be on same plant); margins us. not undulate; broad-oblong to obovate to suborbicular, rounded to retuse at apex, truncate to rounded or occ. subcordate at base. Ochreae deciduous, seldom > 4 mm. long. Infl. ± 1-2-(4) cm. long, of simple or branched spikes, glab. or pubescent. Spikes axillary and terminal, sts reduced to small clusters. Fls small, tepals cut ⅔ to base; ♂ with 8 stamens, ♀ with broad fimbriate stigmas; tepals enlarged in fr., us. succulent, white. Fr. black, glossy, trigonous, ± 2 × 1·75 mm.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
n = 10
2n = 20
2n = 20
Taxonomic concepts
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa var. microphylla (Colenso) Cockayne
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa var. trilobata (Colenso) Cheeseman
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia muricatula Colenso
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia paucifolia Colenso
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia trilobata Colenso
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia truncata Colenso
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia varians Meisn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Polygonum complexum A.Cunn.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
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1 January 2000
12 April 2007