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Morelotia Gaudich.

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Morelotia Gaudich., Voy. Uranie, Bot. (1829)
Morelotia Gaudich.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Gaudich.
Gaudich.
Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1829: Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Vol. 10.
1829
ICN
Morelotia Gaudich.
genus
Morelotia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Cyperaceae
Morelotia

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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.

Morelotia Gaudich.

Infl. an erect narrow panicle. Spikelets 2-fld, only lower fl. setting fr.; uppermost internode of rhachilla elongated and curved. Glumes clearly distichous, lower ones caducous. Hypog. bristles 0. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Fr. held by the persistent stamens and clasped by the inrolled margins of the persistent upper glumes; persistent style-base not readily distinguishable externally. Culms trigonous. Lvs spirally arranged, dorsiventral, margins harshly scabrid, revolute when dry. Two spp.: the type from Hawaii; the N.Z. sp. endemic.

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Morelotia Gaudich.
Morelotia Gaudich.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Cyperaceae Juss.
Morelotia Gaudich.
Morelotia
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Morelotia Gaudich.
Cyperaceae Juss.
Morelotia Gaudich.
Morelotia Gaudich.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)
Morelotia Gaudich.

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Morelotia Gaudich.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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91ae6813-6498-4f0d-8742-e1180d3321aa
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
12 August 2013
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