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Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.

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Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 18 (1852)
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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(Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
1852
18
ICN
Elaeodendron micranthum Hook.f.
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Melicytus micranthus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Violaceae
Melicytus
micranthus

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

Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.

Shrub up to 2 m. tall or occ. more; branches stiff ± interlaced; branchlets stiff, ± pubescent. Lvs sts fascicled; petioles slender 3-5- (10) mm. long, ± pubescent; lamina subcoriac., 1-2.5 × 1-2 cm., elliptic- to obovate-oblong to broad-ovate, sinuate to subcrenate, sts sub- entire. Fls minute, axillary, solitary or 2-3 together; pedicels ± pubescent; ♂ with short ± ciliate rounded calyx-lobes; petals oblong, twice length of calyx; anthers broad, sessile; connective flat. ♀ calyx and petals as in ♂; style short, stout; stigma discoid, 3-5-lobed. Berry 3-4 mm. diam., obovoid to subglobose, dark purple; seeds (1)-4.

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Elaeodendron micranthum Hook.f.
Elaeodendron micranthum Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Kirk,T. (1899)

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Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
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Melicytus micranthus (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
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Ruahine-Cook
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6eab92d8-a3ca-433b-9f9d-cc6cfd873102
scientific name
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1 January 2000
27 June 2006
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