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Drymoanthus Nicholls

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Drymoanthus Nicholls (1943)
Drymoanthus Nicholls

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
New Zealand, Queensland, New Caledonia

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Nicholls
Nicholls
1943
ICN
Drymoanthus Nicholls
genus
Drymoanthus

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Drymoanthus

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Drymoanthus Nicholls

Racemes axillary, sts piercing lf-sheath in axil of which infl. arises; floral bracts small and scale-like. Per. with labellum uppermost; sepals and petals nearly equal, spreading, narrow-oblong; lateral sepals in part adnate to short column-foot, in part to labellum but not meeting in front. Labellum fleshy, concave, continuous with short column-foot and not jointed to it, without spur; mid-lobe small and not sharply defined from lateral lobes. Column short, cylindric, foot at most barely as long as wide; anther narrowly joined to column, caducous, pollinia 4 in 2 pairs, members of a pair unequal, stipe short, slender, arising from a definite disc; stigma in a deep cavity; rostellum prominent. Capsule containing many curled hairs as well as seeds. Plants perennial, epiphytic, with roots attached widely over surface of tree-bark; stem mostly simple, often shorter than lvs, internodes very short; lvs ± distichous; old racemes from previous years often persisting. Genus of 2 (?) spp. confined to eastern Australia and N.Z.

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Drymoanthus Nicholls
Drymoanthus Nicholls
Drymoanthus Nicholls
Drymoanthus
Drymoanthus Nicholls
Drymoanthus Nicholls
Drymoanthus Nicholls

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Drymoanthus Nicholls
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1605586b-ea41-4bd0-a261-baeb7c541318
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 September 2005
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