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Marsippospermum Desv.

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Marsippospermum Desv. (1808)
Marsippospermum Desv.
Names_Fungi record source Marsippospermum

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Desv.
Desv.
1808
ICN
Marsippospermum Desv.
genus
Marsippospermum

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Juncaceae
Marsippospermum

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Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Marsippospermum Desv.

Fls hermaphrodite, solitary, terminal; subtending bracts 1–2, much < tepals. Tepals much > capsule, the inner shorter. Stamens 6, much < tepals. Ovary unilocular. Capsule subtrigonous. Seeds ∞, tailed at one end. Densely tufted, glab., rhizomatous perennial herbs. Stems erect, terete. Lvs few, terete. A genus of 4 spp., 3 confined to the south of S. America and 1 from N.Z.

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Marsippospermum Desv.
Marsippospermum
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Marsippospermum Desv.
Juncaceae Juss.
Marsippospermum Desv.
Marsippospermum Desv.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
16 June 2008
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