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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray

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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1, 223 (t. 70) (1838)
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Hershkovitz, M.A. 2006: Ribosomal and chloroplast DNA evidence for diversification of western American Portulacaceae in the Andean region. Gayana, Botánica 63(1): 13–74.
Names_Fungi record source Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Torr. & A.Gray
Hook.
(Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Torrey, J. & Gray, A. 1838: A Flora of North America. Vol. 1. G. & C. Carville & Co., New York.
1838
223 (t. 70)
ICN
Talinum menziesii Hook.
species
Calandrinia menziesii

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Montiaceae
Calandrinia
menziesii

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray

Taprooted annual herb. Stems (1)-many, ascending, glabrous, often reddish, 10-40 cm tall. Rosette lvs obovate-spathulate, acute, ciliate, 30-70-(100) × 3-6 mm, tapering to subsheathing base; stem lvs similar, smaller, not becoming sessile, acute. Infl. terminal, racemose; bracts leaflike; pedicels erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy, 3-15-(25) mm long. Sepals lanceolate-ovate, acute, keeled at apex, cuneate and free at base, ciliate on margins and keel, (5)-7-10 × (3)-4-6 mm. Petals 5, purple, (8)-10-13 mm long. Stamens c. 10; anthers yellow; filaments white or purple. Stigmas 3, white. Capsule ellipsoid, c. = sepals, dehiscing by 3 valves. Seeds lenticular, black, smooth, shiny, 1.5-2 mm long.

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Calandrinia caulescens var. menziesii (Hook.) A.Gray
Calandrinia caulescens var. menziesii
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Calandrinia ciliata var. menziesii (Hook.) J.F.Macbr.
Calandrinia ciliata var. menziesii (Hook.) J.F. Macbr.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Hershkovitz, M.A. (1998)
Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Hershkovitz, M.A. (2006)
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Calandrinia menziesii (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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The identity of the Calandrinia species naturalised in New Zealand is not yet confirmed with certainty. However, it is likely to be Calandrinia menziesii, a lowland temperate species known to establish outside its native range, rather than Calandrinia ciliata, which is typically associated with montane intertropical environments. Genetic analysis (e.g. rDNA sequencing) would readily resolve the identification if required.

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9923cb95-164a-49bd-804a-d1b67da27e9c
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1 January 2000
19 March 2026
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