Colobanthus Bartl.
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Colobanthus Bartl., Ord. Nat. Pl. 305 (1830)
Colobanthus Bartl.
Nomenclature
Bartl.
Bartl.
1830
305
ICN
Colobanthus Bartl.
genus
Colobanthus
Classification
Subordinates
- Colobanthus acicularis
- Colobanthus affinis
- Colobanthus apetalus
- Colobanthus benthamianus
- Colobanthus billardierei
- Colobanthus brevisepalus
- Colobanthus buchananii
- Colobanthus canaliculatus
- Colobanthus hookeri
- Colobanthus masonae
- Colobanthus monticola
- Colobanthus muelleri
- Colobanthus muscoides
- Colobanthus squarrosus
- Colobanthus strictus
- Colobanthus subulatus
- Colobanthus wallii
Descriptions
Colobanthus Bartl.
Fls hermaphrodite, solitary. Sepals 4-5 free; petals 0; stamens as many as sepals and alternating with them; ovary 1-celled, styles as many as sepals, free to base; capsule opening by as many teeth as there are sepals; seeds ∞.Small, densely lfy, glab. herbs, lvs narrow, opp., connate at base, exstipulate. Mostly with strong tap root. A southern genus of more than 20 spp. known from Australia, Tasmania, Kerguelen Is, S. America, Falkland Is, S. Georgia, and extending to Antarctica. Of the 13 N.Z. spp. all but 2 are endemic.
Taxonomic concepts
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Metadata
70cf8819-6735-4da1-890c-503d18ecd05d
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
12 April 2007
