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Astelia hastata Colenso

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Astelia hastata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 19: 265 (1887)
Astelia hastata Colenso

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Colenso
Colenso
1887
265
ICN
Astelia hastata Colenso
species
Astelia hastata
NEW ZEALAND. North Island. Hilly country north of Napier, County of Wairoa. January 1886, A. Hamilton s.n. (Lectotype: K [000524883, digital image!], staminate, designated by Skottsberg, 1934, 79; Isolectotypes: K [000524884, digital image!], staminate, pistillate; AK [3191!], staminate, pistillate).

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hastata

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Robust tufted plants, often in large colonies. Stem c. 2 cm. diam. Lvs 60–170 × 3–5–7 cm., arcuate; sheath gradually narrowing above by long cuneate shoulder, the lower portion us. black abaxially, sts shading into yellow, the basal 1–2 cm. clad in fine filiform white scales 1–2 cm. long; lamina adaxially dull green without scales in mature lf; abaxial surface more bronzed and permanently clad in peltate dark-centred scales. Infl. arching out from fan of lvs; peduncle c. = panicle; panicle of c. 4–8 cylindric racemes. Male racemes c. 15–20 × 3 cm.; fls cream, deeper yellow towards cup-shaped base; per.-segs 9–14 × (1)–1.5–2 mm., linear-oblong, the surfaces exposed in bud scaly; stamens c. 10 mm. long, ovary c. 2 mm. diam. Female racemes c. 20–30 × 2.5 cm., fls very pale cream; per.-tube c. 5 mm. long, cup-shaped, per.-segs c. 2–3 × 1 mm.; ovary subglobose, abruptly narrowed into short style. Fr. c. 4.5 mm. diam., globose, ± translucent yellow then red, cupped in thin membr. per.-tube. Seeds ∞, c. 1.4 × 0.7 mm., narrow-ovoid, black, dull, longitudinally ridged, surrounded by thick, = mucilaginous aril. n = 35.

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Astelia furfuracea Banks & Sol. ex Skottsb.
Astelia hastata Colenso
Astelia hastata Colenso
Astelia hastata Colenso
Astelia hastata Colenso
Astelia hastata Colenso
Astelia hastata Colenso
Astelia hastata Colenso
Collospermum hastatum (Colenso) Skottsb.
Astelia hastata Colenso
Funckia hastata Kuntze
Astelia hastata Colenso

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Astelia hastata Colenso
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Astelia hastata Colenso
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Astelia hastata Colenso
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Astelia hastata Colenso
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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typification
NEW ZEALAND. North Island. Hilly country north of Napier, County of Wairoa. January 1886, A. Hamilton s.n. (Lectotype: K [000524883, digital image!], staminate, designated by Skottsberg, 1934, 79; Isolectotypes: K [000524884, digital image!], staminate, pistillate; AK [3191!], staminate, pistillate).

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23 July 2003
6 August 2015
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