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Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.

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Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 257 (1867)
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Farjon, A 2001: World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Edition 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond.
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New Zealand
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Hooker, J.D. 1867: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's, and Macquarrie's Islands. Part II. Reeve, London.
1867
257
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Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
species
Libocedrus bidwillii
The species was named after John C. Bidwill (1815–1853), who was an early botanical collector in New Zealand, and has sent many specimens to William Hooker, the first Director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Type: New Zealand: South Island, Marlborough, Richmond Range, ["Nelson Mts."] J. C. Bidwill [ ex herb. W. J. Hooker] 126 (Holotype K)

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Pinopsida
Pinales
Cupressaceae
Libocedrus
bidwillii

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

Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.

Tree up to 20 m., trunk up to 1 m. diam., bark falling in narrow thin strips. Branchlets distichous, of juveniles somewhat flattened up to 3 mm. broad, of adults tetragonous. Lvs quadrifarious; lateral in juveniles about 3 mm. long, dorsal and ventral c.1 mm.; in adults all lvs subsimilar, triangular, appressed, acute, c. 2 mm. long. Male strobili c. 2.5 mm. long, sporophylls 7-9, pend., apiculus thin, ovate. Female cones ovoid < 1 cm. long of 4 carpidia with projecting, dorsal, curved mucro. Seeds 2.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.

2n = 22
2n = 22
n = 11

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Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Libocedrus Endl.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Libocedrus Endl.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Farjon, A (2001)
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.

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typification
Type: New Zealand: South Island, Marlborough, Richmond Range, ["Nelson Mts."] J. C. Bidwill [ ex herb. W. J. Hooker] 126 (Holotype K)
Farjon, A. 2017: A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Edition 2. Btill, Leiden.
Etymology
The species was named after John C. Bidwill (1815–1853), who was an early botanical collector in New Zealand, and has sent many specimens to William Hooker, the first Director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Farjon, A. 2017: A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Edition 2. Btill, Leiden.

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1 January 2000
1 May 2003
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