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Collospermum Skottsb.

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Collospermum Skottsb., Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. 14: 72 (1934)

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Skottsb.
Skottsb.
1934
72
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Collospermum Skottsb.
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Collospermum

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Collospermum

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Collospermum Skottsb.

Dioec. Infl. a terminal panicle on a lfless simple peduncle; spathes large and foliaceous, each us. subtending a simple raceme; racemes few, often ± uniform in size, and well-spaced; bracteoles membr., us. small; fls small, us. ∞, crowded, ♂ much larger than ♀. Per. membr., tube deeply campanulate to urceolate, lobes narrow, strongly reflexed. Stamens in ♂ conspicuous; anther linear-hastate, dorsifixed, immobile; in ♀ minute with flat, empty anthers. Ovary superior, 3-locular; placentae on the septa; ovules few to many, smaller in ♂ but us. identifiable, ± embedded in mucilaginous funicular hairs; style short and thick; stigmatic surfaces 3, ± confluent, long-papillose; nectaries 3, slit-like. Fr. a berry. Seeds black, the surface us. dull and ridged and ± coated with funicular hairs. Tufted herbs, primarily epiphytic or rupestral, characterised by peculiar indumentum of scales. Stem short, us. hidden. Lvs 3-ranked but sts appearing distichous, linear-ensiform, expanding below into broad, closed, often blackish sheathing base; midrib stout, sunken above, prominent below; nerves ∞, us. one costa on each side of midrib strongly incrassate, especially adaxially; transverse veinlets distinct, especially in sheath. Four spp., one in Samoa, one in Fiji and 2 endemic in N.Z.

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Collospermum Skottsb.
Collospermum Skottsb.
Collospermum Skottsb.
Collospermum Skottsb.
Collospermum Skottsb.
Collospermum Skottsb.
Collospermum Skottsb.
Collospermum Skottsb.
Collospermum Skottsb.

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Collospermum Skottsb.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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21723f61-5b72-4bfc-8666-e498ed0a009c
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1 January 2000
6 August 2015
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