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Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

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Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 70: 174 (1975)
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

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New Zealand
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L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
1975
174
ICN
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
genus
Toronia
The name Toronia is is derived from the epithet toru, of Maori origin, and the ending -onia to suggest the affinity with Persoonia.

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Toronia

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Fls small, perfect, solitary or racemed. Per. regular, segs separating to base. Stamens attached near middle of segs, filaments short. Ovary ± stipitate, ovules 2-(1), pend.; fr. a drupe, exocarp ± succulent, endocarp thick, hard. Shrubs or small trees; about 60 spp. of Australia and 1 endemic to N.Z.

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Persoonia Sm.
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
Toronia
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
Toronia
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
Toronia
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs
Toronia
Toronia L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

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Etymology
The name Toronia is is derived from the epithet toru, of Maori origin, and the ending -onia to suggest the affinity with Persoonia.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 February 2011
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