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Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan

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(L.f.) Allan
L.f.
Allan
1961
435
arboreum
ICN
species
Neopanax arboreus

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arboreus

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Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan

Tree, us. dioec., up to 8 m. tall, glab. in all parts; branches stout, spreading. Lvs 5-7-foliolate, petioles c. 15-20 cm. long, stipulately sheathing at base. Lflts on petiolules c. 3-5 cm. long, obovate-oblong to oblong-cuneate, rather thinly coriac., coarsely serrate-dentate, acute or acuminate to obtuse; midveins and main laterals evident above and below; terminal lamina 10-20 × 4-7 cm. Umbels terminal, compound; fls us. completely unisexual; primary rays 8-20, up to 10 cm. long; secondary rays 15-20; umbellules 10-15-fld. Calyx truncate or obscurely 5-toothed; petals 5, ovate to triangular, acute; ovary 2-loculed, 2-ovuled, style-branches 2, spreading. Fr. 5-8 mm. diam., almost black, somewhat compressed.

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Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan
Neopanax arboreus (Murray) Allan
Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan
Neopanax arboreus (Murray) Allan
Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan
Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan
Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan
Neopanax arboreus (Murray) Allan

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Neopanax arboreus (L.f.) Allan
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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There is little compelling evidence against the monophyly of Pseudopanax, making unnecessary the recent re-segregation of the Arboreus group as Neopanax by Frodin, D.G., Govaerts, R., 2004.

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27636b97-32a7-41c1-8eb2-9c7b70f15827
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Names_Plants
24 June 2002
4 May 2020
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