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Nicandra Adans.

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Nicandra Adans., Fam. Pl. 2, 219 (1763)
Nicandra Adans.
Names_Fungi record source Nicandra

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Adans.
Adans.
Adanson, M. 1763: Familles des Plantes. Vol. 2. Vincent, Paris.
1763
219
ICN
Nicandra Adans.
genus
Nicandra

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Solanaceae
Nicandra

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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.

Nicandra Adans.

Unarmed, erect, almost glabrous annual. Lvs alternate, simple, often lobed. Fls solitary, axillary. Calyx very deeply 5-toothed, regular, becoming enlarged and scarious at fruiting, with 5 large ribs. Corolla broadly campanulate, completely actinomorphic, white and blue; lobes small. Stamens 5, included, inserted at base of corolla. Ovary 3-5-celled, but divided irregularly by the placentae; stigma capitate. Fr. a scarcely succulent berry, globose. Seeds many, lenticular, with patterned testa, of moderate size.

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Nicandra Adans.
Nicandra
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Nicandra Adans.
Solanaceae
Nicandra Adans.
Nicandra
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Nicandra Adans.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 January 2014
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