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Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 111 (1776)
Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
1776
111
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Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Aleurites

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Euphorbiaceae
Aleurites

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Monoecious trees; sap milky. Lvs stipulate, alternate, entire or palmately lobed but not serrate. ♂ and ♀ fls mixed in terminal panicles; ♀ fls at ends of branches surrounded by several ♂. ♂ fls: calyx dividing into 2-3 segments, united in bud; petals 5; anthers 8-20; filaments sometimes branched. ♀ fls: calyx dividing into 2-3 segments; petals 5, much smaller than in ♂; ovary 2-5-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell; styles 2, deeply 2-fid. Fr. fleshy, spherical, with cells not separating at maturity.

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Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Aleurites
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Euphorbiaceae
Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Samoa
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2e7eb16c-2f06-4157-ad15-1397ca8f5061
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1 January 2000
30 October 2023
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