Chenopodium detestans Kirk
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Chenopodium detestans Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 9: 550 (1877)
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
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Kirk
Kirk
1877
550
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Chenopodium detestans Kirk
species
Chenopodium detestans
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Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Decumbent, evil-smelling, branching herb up to ± 6 dm. diam., with deeply descending main root. Branches stiff, slender, glabrate, pale, 20-30 cm. or more long. Lvs on slender petioles, 2-5 mm. long; lamina 4-10-(20) × 4-10-(15) cm., rhomboid to ovate-rhomboid, acute, cuneately narrowed to base, entire or with a pair of lateral teeth. Fls in dense axillary clusters, forming a spikelike infl. Per. segs 4-5, oblong, obtuse, not hiding fr.; stamens us. 4. Utricle horizontal, depressed, minutely punctulate, ± 1 mm. diam.
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Very foetid, prostrate herb, probably annual, often reddish on exposed parts, with at least young parts and infl. strongly grey-farinose. Stems branched, decumbent or prostrate, stiff, slender, pale, to c. 30 cm long. Petioles 2-5 mm long, slender. Lamina to 1 cm long, rhombic or rhombic-ovate, entire or with 1 pair of teeth; base cuneate; apex acute. Fls in dense axillary glomerules, largest mostly towards shoot apices. Perianth segments 4-5, 0.5-1 mm long, divided almost to base, obtuse, scarcely accrescent, incompletely investing fr. Stamens 1-2, not united at base. Seed horizontal, c. 1.2 mm diam., circular, flattened; margin obtuse; testa minutely punctate, shining.
Taxonomic concepts
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
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350dfb9b-a065-4c88-b7af-2f23f02c2dd1
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1 January 2000
22 March 2007