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Colobanthus buchananii Kirk

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Colobanthus buchananii Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27: 358, t. 27 (1895)
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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New Zealand
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Kirk
Kirk
Kirk, T. 1895: A Revision of the New Zealand Species of Colobanthus, Bartling. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 27: 354–359.
1895
358, t. 27
ICN
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
species
Colobanthus buchananii

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae
Colobanthus
buchananii

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

Colobanthus buchananii Kirk

Plant us. of rather compact habit, stems 1-3 cm. or longer in sheltered habitats. Lvs us. closely placed over length of stem, spreading; sheath short, blade linear-subulate, 5-10 mm. long, tapering to often long acicular tips, strongly bordered when dry. Peduncles short (occ. 1 cm. long). Fls (4)-5-(8) mm. long; sepals 5, subulate from broad base, thickened on midrib, us. with long acicular tips; capsule splitting into 5 narrow valves, shorter than sepals, sts much shorter.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Colobanthus buchananii Kirk

2n = 80–82

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Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Colobanthus Bartl.
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Colobanthus buchananii Kirk

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Volcanic Plateau
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9223797a-5312-4b20-adb4-fcbe470567e7
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
12 April 2007
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