Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
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Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh., Bull.Soc.Bot.France 41: 500 (1894)
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Nomenclature
Tiegh.
Hook.f.
(Hook.f.) Tiegh.
1894
41: 500
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Peraxilla colensoi
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Glab. bushy shrub up to 1 m. or more diam. Branches arising from rather massive base, branchlets terete. Lvs opp., on stout petioles up to c. 2 cm. long. Lamina thick, coriac., veins obscure; broad-oblong to obovate or suborbicular; margins entire or occ. crenulate; apex sts emarginate. Infl. axillary, (3)-5-10-fld on stout peduncles 1-2.5 cm. long. Fls sessile, each subtended by broad-obovate bract ± 4-5 mm. long. Receptacle cupular, us. with truncate rim (sts 4-5-toothed). Per. cylindric in bud, inflated at base and apex, splitting into 4 linear scarlet tepals up to 2.5 cm. long. Anthers very narrow, basifixed; style ± = tepals. Fr. ovoid-ellipsoid.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
2n = 24
Dense cushions c. 2.5 cm high. Leaves almost glabrous. Flowerings stems sunk among leaves, not elongating in fruit. Stamens 6, rarely 3-4.
Taxonomic concepts
Elytranthe colensoi (Hook.f.) Engl.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Loranthus colensoi Hook.f.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh.
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1 January 2000
5 July 2007