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Echium L.

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Echium L., Sp. Pl. 139-140 (1753)
Echium L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
139-140
ICN
Echium L.
genus
Echium

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Echium L.

Annual, biennial or perennial, sometimes monocarpic, herbs or shrubs, ± hispid with bulbous-based hairs. Infl. usually paniculate, composed of bracteate cymes, sometimes up to several m high. Calyx 5-lobed, divided nearly to base, usually accrescent. Corolla narrowly to broadly funnelform, usually blue to purple, sometimes white or pink; limb oblique and ± zygomorphic; base of tube with minute scales, tufts of hair or with a membrane; throat lacking scales. Stamens unequal, exserted or partly included, inserted below middle of corolla tube. Style exserted; stigma capitate or 2-fid. Nutlets ovoid, slightly 3-angled, erect, rugose; base flat.

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Echium L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Echium L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Echium L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Echium L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Echium L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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6213d286-0017-46b2-b0f0-af846ff15e39
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 August 2008
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