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Corokia A.Cunn.

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Corokia A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 249 (1839)
Corokia A.Cunn.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
Names_Fungi record source Corokia

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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A.Cunn.
A.Cunn.
Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 3: 244–250.
1839
249
ICN
Corokia A.Cunn.
genus
Corokia
The name Corokia is derived from the Maori korokia-taranga.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Argophyllaceae
Corokia

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

Corokia A.Cunn.

Fls small, 5-merous, bright yellow, in axillary or terminal panicles, racemes, fascicles, or solitary. Receptacle turbinate; calyx-segs valvate. Petals valvate, with small scale at base. Stamens 5. Ovary 1-2-celled, stigma 2-lobed. Drupe ovoid to broad-oblong in outline, crowned by persistent sepals. Shrubs with alt. lvs; young branchlets, petioles, lvs below, peduncles and pedicels densely clad in appressed silvery-white tomentum. Genus endemic to N.Z.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Corokia A.Cunn.

n = 9

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Corokia A.Cunn.
Corokia A.Cunn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Corokia A.Cunn.
Corokia A.Cunn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Corokia A.Cunn.
Corokia A.Cunn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Argophyllaceae Takht.
Corokia A.Cunn.
Corokia
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Corokia A.Cunn.
Argophyllaceae Takht.

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Corokia A.Cunn.
Australia
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Corokia A.Cunn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Etymology
The name Corokia is derived from the Maori korokia-taranga.

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5f58073b-dcf6-4206-b141-4db0133971fa
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
5 July 2007
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