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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
1776
135
ICN
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Aciphylla squarrosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
genus
Aciphylla

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Apiales
Umbelliferae
Aciphylla

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

Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Fls mostly unisexual, plants mostly dioec.; infl. of compound bracted umbels arranged along an elongate extension of the central stem (Elongatae) or on spreading peduncles at apex of stem (Paniculatae). Umbels of male plants us. laxer than those of females. Calyx-teeth minute to obsolete; petals white to yellowish, incurved, small; stylopodia of ♂ depressed, of ♀ erect. Fr. narrow-oblong in outline; mericarp ribs 5-4-3, winged; vittae 1-3 per furrow, 2-5 commissural. Glab. very small to very large perennial herbs with stout, often multicipital stocks and slender to very stout, deeply descending taproots; rarely rhizomatous. Lvs us. all basal, mostly compound, with close-set imbricated sheaths (dead sheaths often long remaining as an investiture). Lamina petiolate or not, us. pinnate to decompound; lflts mostly rigid and pungent-pointed. Some 39 described spp. of N.Z. and at least 1 of Australia.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Coxella Cheeseman & Hemsl.

Infl. of several umbels paniculately arranged on branches of stout peduncle. Involucral bracts few; calyx-teeth evident; petals white. Fr. broad-oblong in outline, much dorsally compressed, ± equally 5-winged. Mericarps, one 3- the other 2-(3)-winged. Vittae rather large, inconspicuous, often 3 commissural, 2 lateral. Seed sulcate. Erect glab. perennial herb with pinnately decompound lvs and linear, somewhat flaccid, non-pungent segs. Genus known only from a singly sp. of Chatham Is, closely related to .

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Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, J.W. (1968)
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Apiaceae
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Aciphylla
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Umbelliferae
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Perrie, L.R.; Glenny, D.S.; Shepherd, L.D. (2025)
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Coxella Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Coxella Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Coxella Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Coxella Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Dawson, J.W. (1968)
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Coxella Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Coxella Cheeseman & Hemsl.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Umbelliferae

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Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Australia
New South Wales
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Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
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Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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New Zealand
Otago Land District
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New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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New Zealand
Southland Land District
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New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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New Zealand
Westland Land District
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Aciphylla J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Peru
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6e4cfee9-97ed-4484-98f5-34173cdee321
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 July 2025
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