Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
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Myoporum kermadecense Sykes, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 595 (1987)
Nomenclature
Sykes
Sykes
1987
595
ICN
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
species
Myoporum kermadecense
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Descriptions
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
2n = 108
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
Low shrub to slender tree to c. 13 m high, with rough and furrowed bark, of rather open habit. Buds usually purplish black, sometimes green, viscid. Petiole to c. 1.5 cm long, usually less on adult shoots, scarcely distinct from the attenuate lamina base. Lamina 3.5-9-(11) × 0.7-3-(4) cm (to 16 × 5 cm on juvenile shoots), usually narrowly elliptic or narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, sometimes elliptic or elliptic-obovate, membranous to semi-succulent, punctate but glands scarcely visible except in some juvenile lvs, usually serrulate, very rarely entire (serrate in some juvenile lvs); apex ± acuminate. Fls (1)-2-5; pedicels 1-1.4 cm long at anthesis. Calyx lobed to near base; lobes 2.7-3.5 mm long, narrow-triangular to narrow-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 1.1-1.5 cm diam., white, purple-dotted and white-bearded inside, glandular-punctate; lobes almost = tube. Style hairy. Drupe 5-8-(10) mm long, oblong to ovoid, usually mauve, occasionally white.
Taxonomic concepts
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
Myoporum kermadecense Sykes
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1 January 2000
30 March 2012