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Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk

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Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27: 357 (1895)
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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New Zealand
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Kirk
Kirk
Kirk, T. 1895: A Revision of the New Zealand Species of Colobanthus, Bartling. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 27: 354–359.
1895
357
ICN
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
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Colobanthus canaliculatus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae
Colobanthus
canaliculatus

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk

Plant a compact cushion, branches close, lfy along their length. Lvs stiff, squarrose, sheath short and inconspicuous; blade c. 3-4 mm. long, subulate, canaliculate, narrowed into short acicular tip, strongly bordered, in younger lvs with groove between border and broad rounded midrib when dry. Peduncles short. Fls 2.5-3 mm. long; sepals 5, ovate to broadly triangular, with thickened keel and often margin also, obtuse or tapering to short apicula; capsule splitting into 5 narrow lobes = or slightly > calyx.

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Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk

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Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
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Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
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Egmont-Wanganui
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Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk
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North-western
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2349f72f-c1bb-46f8-8096-00e70e7ddc9d
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
12 April 2007
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