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Cistus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
523-529
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Cistus L.
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Cistus

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Cistus

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Cistus L.

Aromatic, evergreen shrubs. Lvs opposite, exstipulate; petioles often connate at base. Fls mostly in simple or compound terminal cymes. Bracts often large, sometimes foliose. Petals 5, mostly > 1 cm long, crumpled in bud, white or pink to purplish, often with dark blotch at base. Ovary appearing 5-(10)-locular and placentation appearing axile because of well-developed septae; style short to long; stigma large, 5-10-lobed; ovules on filiform funicles. Capsule usually 5-valved, closely invested by calyx, woody. Embryo circinate.

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Cistus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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8e36ae30-62c1-4c86-867c-968c08e35494
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1 January 2000
8 May 2015
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