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Chenopodium detestans Kirk

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Chenopodium detestans Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 9: 550 (1877)
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
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.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
This species has also been collected from the western side of the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia. Was 'introduced' to Australia from New Zealand or the other way round (e.g. with early sheep imports)?

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Kirk
Kirk
Kirk, T. 1877: Descriptions of new plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 9: 547–552.
1877
550
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Chenopodium detestans Kirk
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Chenopodium detestans

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Amaranthaceae
Chenopodium
detestans

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

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.
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.

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.

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Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Chenopodium detestans Kirk
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Chenopodium detestans Kirk
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Chenopodium detestans Kirk
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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350dfb9b-a065-4c88-b7af-2f23f02c2dd1
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
22 March 2007
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