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Carpobrotus N.E.Br.

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Carpobrotus N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 78: 433 (1925)
Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.
Names_Fungi record source Carpobrotus

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
C. glaucescens regarded as indigenous.

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N.E.Br.
N.E.Br.
Brown, N.E. 1925: Gardeners' Chronicle, ser. 3, 78: 433.
1925
433
ICN
Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
genus
Carpobrotus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Aizoaceae
Carpobrotus

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Carpobrotus N.E.Br.

Prostrate perennial succulent herbs; stems trailing. Lvs opposite, sessile, united at base, sharply 3-angled, smooth, bitter-tasting. Fls solitary, terminal, ebracteate. Sepals 5, sharply 3-angled: 2 large, denticulate on keels, 3 smaller with expanded membranous margins. Petals numerous, > sepals, free; stamens numerous; staminodes 0. Placentation parietal. Stigmas 8-16, plumose. Fr. indehiscent, fleshy, mucilaginous; locules as many as stigmas. Seeds slightly compressed, obovoid, smooth.

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Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
Carpobrotus
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
Aizoaceae
Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
2 Link to an external page
Carpobrotus N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
1 Link to an external page

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7fa121ba-1d0c-4d5d-b6d9-a91398436188
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 July 2011
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