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Phylloglossum Kunze

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Phylloglossum Kunze, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 721 (1843)
Phylloglossum Kunze

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Kunze
Kunze
1843
721
ICN
Phylloglossum Kunze
genus
Phylloglossum
From the Greek phyllon (leaf) and glossa (tongue), a reference to the shape of the leaves.

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Phylloglossum

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Phylloglossum Kunze

Protocorm tuberous, annually reproduced, with apical tuft of terete lvs. Roots scanty, arising just below lvs. Peduncle from apex of tuber, short, rarely branched, with terminal fertile region. Bracts imbricate, ovate, cuspidate. Sporangia 1-celled, reniform, solitary in axils of bracts. Spores small, ∞, trisulcate. The single known sp. occurs in N.Z., Tasmania, Victoria, W. Australia.

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Phylloglossum Kunze
Phylloglossum Kunze
Phylloglossum Kunze
Phylloglossum Kunze
Phylloglossum Kunze
Phylloglossum Kunze
Phylloglossum Kunze
Phylloglossum Kunze

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Etymology
From the Greek phyllon (leaf) and glossa (tongue), a reference to the shape of the leaves.

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881c72e8-7010-478a-ac46-62566c9a6a6b
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
10 January 2020
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