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Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.

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Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 80: 3 (1952)
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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W.R.B.Oliv.
W.R.B.Oliv.
1952
3
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Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
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Dracophyllum densum
Refers to the densely packed leaves.
Type: New Zealand. Westport, Mount Rochfort, 2000 feet [~610 m], 2 Mar. 1949. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (holo: WELT 314!).

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densum

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Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.

Shrub with inner branches erect, sts as much as 2 m. tall; outer prostrate; bark dark grey. Branchlets us. densely clad in imbricate persistent lvs or lf-bases throughout, bark reddish brown. Sheath ciliolate, 2-3 × 1-2 mm., margins white, narrowed into linear plano-convex, sts keeled lamina ± 10-12 × 0·5 mm., margins almost entire, apex obtuse. Fls solitary, terminal on branchlets; lower bracts narrow-ovate, gradually tapering to apex, ciliolate. Sepals narrow-ovate, ciliolate. Corolla-tube c. 5 mm. long; lobes white, triangular. c. 1·5 mm. long. Anthers sessile at throat. Capsule ± 2 mm. diam., truncate, 5-lobed.

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Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.

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Dracophyllum densum W.R.B.Oliv.
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typification
Type: New Zealand. Westport, Mount Rochfort, 2000 feet [~610 m], 2 Mar. 1949. W.R.B. Oliver s.n. (holo: WELT 314!).
Etymology
Refers to the densely packed leaves.

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180a5588-3691-4878-a780-ca8e560da01d
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 January 2021
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