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Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.

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Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm. (1867)
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Lansdown, R.V. 2022: The genus Callitriche (Plantaginaceae, Callitricheae) in Australasia and Oceania. Phytotaxa 547(3): 243–284.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Lansdown, R.V. (2022)

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Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Hegelm.
1867
9: 20
ICN
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
species
Callitriche antarctica

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Plantaginaceae
Callitriche
antarctica

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

Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.

Stems slender, creeping, branched, ± succulent, up to ± 15 cm. long, us. forming patches on mud. Lvs on petioles 2-3 mm. long; lamina ± fleshy, 3-6-(10) × 1-2-3 mm., narrow- to oblong-spathulate, rounded at apex. Fr. broad-oblong to suborbicular, ± turgid, 1-1·5 × 1-1·5 mm.; lobes rounded to subacute, commissural groove shallow.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.

n = 20
2n = 40
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.

Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.

Monoecious herb, palustral or ± terrestrial on wet ground. Stems thick, creeping below with ascending branches to 10 cm high. Lvs spathulate, thick, 2.5-10 × 1.5-4.8 mm, entire, 3-nerved, sometimes with free veins; base scarious and connate. Fls solitary, ♂ in upper axils, ♀ in lower, ebracteate or bracts falling early. Filaments to 1.3 cm long, tapering from broad base. Style 1.4-3.2 mm long, persistent. Fr. 0.8-1.1 × 1.1-1.5 mm, not keeled or winged; faces slightly convex; commissural groove open and shallow.

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Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Callitriche L.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Callitriche L.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Lansdown, R.V. (2022)
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
Australia
Macquarie Island
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Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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1 January 2000
25 May 2022
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