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Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1860
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Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
species
Cordyline pumilio

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pumilio

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Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.

n = 19 bivalents
2n = 38

Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.

Plant rarely > 2 m high usually not very stiffly erect. Leaves 30-60-(100) × 1-2 cm, ± narrowed above base to short petiole; midrib prominent abaxially towards base. Panicle very lax, c. 60 cm long, branches slender. Flowers small, widely spaced, very shortly pedicellate, whitish or pink externally; segments 4-5 mm long. Berry bluish or blue-flecked.

Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.

Plant rarely > 2 m. tall, often flowering while short stem is lfy to ground; in older plants bare part of stem to 100 × 1.5 cm. and us. not very stiffly erect. Lvs 30–60–(100) × 1–2 cm., ± narrowed above base into channelled petiole; midrib prominent abaxially, at least proximally; margin slightly recurved. Peduncle to c. 10 cm. × 3–4 mm.; panicle to c. 60 × 30 cm. overall, very open with slender axes, branched to second order; bracts often small and inconspicuous; ultimate racemes 5–30 cm. long, axis clearly visible between fls. Fls small, widely spaced, on very short pedicels. Per. c. 4–5 mm. long, whitish, or pink externally; tepals narrow, recurved, 3-nerved. Stigma shortly trifid. Fr. c. 4–5 mm. diam., globose, bluish or flecked with blue. Seeds c. 2–2.5 mm. long, shining, two sides flat and one convex. 2n = 38.

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Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
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Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
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Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
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Cordyline pumilio Hook.f.
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8a862483-5115-4e1b-ab69-af4e81d539b4
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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