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Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Telford, I.R.H.; Sebastian, P. et al. (2012)

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I.Telford & P.Sebastian
I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Telford, I.R.H.; Sebastian, P.; de Lange, P.J.; Bruhl, J.J.; Renner, S.S. 2012: Morphological and molecular data reveal three rather than one species of Sicyos (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia, New Zealand and Islands of the South West Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 25: 188–201.
2012
196-198
ICN
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
species
Sicyos mawhai
The epithet mawhai is the Maori name for the plant; mawhai means ‘wavy’ or ‘curly’, and is also said to mean ‘useless’ (de Lange 2011), perhaps in reference to a Tainui legend.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Cucurbitales
Cucurbitaceae
Sicyos
mawhai

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Sicyos angulatus sensu New Zealand Botanists
Sicyos angulatus sensu New Zealand Botanists
Telford, I.R.H.; Sebastian, P. et al. (2012)
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Sicyos australis sensu Sykes in Webb et al.
Sicyos australis sensu Sykes in Webb et al.
Telford, I.R.H.; Sebastian, P. et al. (2012)
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
Telford, I.R.H.; Sebastian, P. et al. (2012)
Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian

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Sicyos mawhai I.Telford & P.Sebastian
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Etymology
The epithet mawhai is the Maori name for the plant; mawhai means ‘wavy’ or ‘curly’, and is also said to mean ‘useless’ (de Lange 2011), perhaps in reference to a Tainui legend.

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5d19467e-8ead-446b-9084-a91b1a100fc3
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Names_Plants
14 June 2012
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