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Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk

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Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 16: 370 (1883)
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Kirk
Kirk
1883
370
ICN
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
species
Podocarpus acutifolius
Type: New Zealand: South Island, Nelson, Buller Valley, near outflow of Lake Rotaiti, T. Kirk s.n. (lectotype WELT).

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acutifolius

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Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk

Shrub or small tree with slender branches, up to 9 m., trunk up to 4 dm. diam., bark thin. Lvs 1·5-2.5 cm. × 0.75-3·5 mm., green, linear, acuminate, pungent, midvein us. indistinct; stomatal lines sts more distinct than in the allied spp. Male strobili 1-2 cm. long, axillary, solitary or up to 4 together on common peduncle 2-3 mm. long; peduncle furnished above with 2 narrow-triangular keeled scales and below with 4 ovate scales; apiculus obtuse. Ovules solitary or rarely paired on peduncle c. 1 mm. long; receptacle of 2 obtuse scales us. red, swollen and succulent. Seeds narrowly ovoid.

Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk

2n = 34
2n = 34
n = 17
n = 17
2n = 34
2n = 34

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Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk

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Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
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Podocarpus acutifolius Kirk
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North-western

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typification
Type: New Zealand: South Island, Nelson, Buller Valley, near outflow of Lake Rotaiti, T. Kirk s.n. (lectotype WELT).
typification
GBIF has images of two sheets from WELT: both WELT 38257 (labelled holotype), Roto Iti Nelson, Jan 1875, T. Kirk, Lectotype, B. P.J. Mollowy 11 - 4 - 1991

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1 January 2000
23 April 2024
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