Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
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Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones in Connor & Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 127 (1987)
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Nomenclature
(Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Kirk
Garn.-Jones
1987
127
ICN
species
Melicytus alpinus
Classification
Vernacular names
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Descriptions
Kirk's description is: " Depressed, 1 ft.-2 ft. high. Branches very short, rigid, stout, usually terminating in a stout spine. Bark whitish, lenticellate. Leaves less than 1/2 in. long, usually fascicled, very coriaceous, oblong-obovate; petioles very short. Flowers on very short straight peduncles. Sepals erosulate-ciliate. Petals broad, recurved. Anthers very broad, connective much produced, nearly entire; dorsal scale broadly cuneate. Style slender; stigmas 2, spreading. Fruit not seen. SOUTH Island: Alps of Canterbury and Otago. 2,000 ft. to 4,000 ft. A remark- able plant, forming a mass of very short stout spinous branches. Possibly a distinct species. Dec., Jan." Frs subglobose, ± 5 mm. diam., white ± purple-flecked.
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
2n = 64
2n = 64
n = 32
2n = 63, 64
Taxonomic concepts
Hymenanthera alpina (Kirk) W.R.B.Oliv.
Hymenanthera alpina (Kirk) W.R.B.Oliv.
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Hymenanthera dentata var. alpina Kirk
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
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Metadata
7876cfb3-6fbf-445c-8e60-cd6f7abb72b2
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 February 2004
