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Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
1776
123
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Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
genus
Melicytus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Violaceae
Melicytus

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Hymenanthera R.Br.

Fls small, regular, perfect or unisexual, solitary or fascicled, axillary and/or on branchlets below lvs. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, or sepals united only at very base; petals 5; anthers 5, subsessile, connate, joined by membrane, which is produced above anthers into 5 triangular ± fimbriate teeth; nectariferous scale or sac dorsal. Styles 2-(3-4)-fid; fr. baccate, with (1)-2-(3-4) strophiolate seeds, endosperm plentiful. Slender to rigid shrubs; bark lenticellate; lvs alt. or fasciculate, with somewhat thickened margins and minute, fugaceous stipules. About 10 spp. of N.Z., Australia, Tasmania, Norfolk Id. The N.Z. spp. endemic, except perhaps the sp. referred to
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Plant dioec.; fls small, regular, fascicled (occ. solitary) the fascicles axillary or on branchlets below lvs; pedicels with a pair of minute bracts. Calyx 5-lobed or toothed; petals 5, spreading; anthers 5, sessile, free or united by toothed membrane; nectariferous scale or sac dorsal on anther or membrane. Ovary 1-celled; placentae 3-5, parietal; style (2)-3- 6-fid, or stigma subsessile, lobed. Berry with few black ± angled seeds. Trees or shrubs with alt., minutely stipulate lvs. Genus of 4 spp., of which M. ramiflorus extends to Norfolk, Tonga and Fiji Islands.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

2n = 64, 80
2n = 32
n = irregular
2n = 64
2n = 64
n = 32
2n = 64
2n = 64
n = 16 bivalents
2n = 32
2n = 48
n = 32

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Hymenanthera R.Br.
Hymenanthera R.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hymenanthera R.Br.
Hymenanthera R.Br.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Violaceae
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Violaceae
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
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Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; de Lange, P.J.; Molloy, B.P.J. (2018)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Violaceae

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Hymenanthera R.Br.
Australia
Tasmania
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Hymenanthera R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Hymenanthera R.Br.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
3 Link to an external page
Hymenanthera R.Br.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
1 Link to an external page
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New Zealand
1 Link to an external page
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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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New Zealand
Otago Land District
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New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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New Zealand
Southland Land District
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New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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New Zealand
Westland Land District
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8b695300-9fb6-4235-bf73-62ed4ddb71d1
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
5 January 2018
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