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Chenopodium urbicum L.—Hooker in the Handbk. N.Z. Flora (1864) 230 cites Colenso as having collected this in North Island, and Haast from “Ashburton River and Rangitata range,” and also “New River, Hb. A. Richard.” Cheeseman in the Manual ed. 2 (1925) 407, states it to be not uncommon in South Canterbury and Otago, and cites Colenso as having gathered it on the east coast of North Island. He adds, “Has also appeared as a naturalized plant near Wellington.” The species should certainly be excluded from the flora.

Cockayne, L.; Allan, H.H. 1927 ("1926"): Notes on New Zealand floristic botany, including descriptions of new species, & c. (No. 5). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 48–72.