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Sporadanthus F.Muell.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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F.Muell.
F.Muell.
1874
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Sporadanthus F.Muell.
genus
Sporadanthus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Restionaceae
Sporadanthus

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Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Sporadanthus F.Muell.

Plants dioec. Infl. in both sexes a terminal cymose panicle. Glumes scarcely imbricate. Fls ∞, sessile or pedicellate; bractlets 2. Tepals 6, glume-like. ♂ with 3 stamens; anthers 1-celled; ovary rud. ♀ with 3 staminodia; ovary 1-locular; style 1. Fr. a capsule, dehiscing longitudinally. Perennial, rhizomatous, stout. Culms erect, much-branched. Lvs reduced to persistent scale-like sheaths. Monotypic, confined to N.Z.

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Sporadanthus F.Muell.
Sporadanthus F.Muell.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Restionaceae R.Br.
Sporadanthus F.Muell.
Sporadanthus F.Muell.
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Clarkson, B.D.; Clarkson, B.R. (1999)
Sporadanthus F.Muell.
Sporadanthus F.Muell.
Sporadanthus
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Sporadanthus F.Muell.
Restionaceae R.Br.
Sporadanthus F.Muell.
Sporadanthus F.Muell.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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89233817-8e1a-4aee-95d9-47bef22be7b7
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
31 August 2005
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