Dacrydium bidwillii Kirk
Details
Dacrydium bidwillii Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 10: 388 (1878)
Nomenclature
Kirk
Kirk
1878
388
ICN
Dacrydium bidwillii Kirk
species
Dacrydium bidwillii
The species epithet commenorates John Carne Bidwill (1815–1853) and early collector of plants in New Zealand.
Type: New Zealand, South Island, Nelson, J. C. Bidwill 130 ( lectotype K, sheet 1, here designated).
Classification
Descriptions
Dacrydium bidwillii Kirk
Spreading or erect shrub up to 3·5 m., trunk up to 4 dm. diam. Lvs of juveniles 5-10 × 1-1·5 mm., linear, rigid, patent, obtuse to subacute, midvein distinct below; of adults 1-2 mm. long, imbricate, appressed, obtuse to subacute, thick, coriac. Final branchlets 1-1·5 mm. diam., tetragonous. Male strobili solitary, terminal, c. 3-5 mm. long; apiculus obtuse. Carpidia solitary or paired, subterminal, rather larger than scale lvs. Epimatium adnate to base of carpidium, coriac., covering inverted, pend. ovule; integument free, membr. Seed 2-3 mm. long, subovoid, compressed. Aril white to yellowish.
Taxonomic concepts
Dacrydium bidwillii Kirk
Dacrydium bidwillii Kirk
Dacrydium bidwillii Kirk
Dacrydium bidwillii Kirk
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Notes
typification
Type: New Zealand, South Island, Nelson, J. C. Bidwill 130 ( lectotype K, sheet 1, here designated).
Etymology
The species epithet commenorates John Carne Bidwill (1815–1853) and early collector of plants in New Zealand.
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
13 March 2002
22 April 2024