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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.

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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 549 (1810)
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
Names_Fungi record source Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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R.Br.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
1810
549
ICN
Epacris pumila J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
species
Pentachondra pumila

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Pentachondra
pumila

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

Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.

Slender much-branched procumbent shrub, forming patches up to c. 4 dm. diam. Branches and branchlets close-set, pubescent or occ. subglab. Lvs crowded on flat petioles c. 0·5 mm. long. Lamina oblong to ovoid-oblong to broad-elliptic, bluntly keeled, concavo-convex to flat (all forms may be present on a single plant), ± 3-5 × 1-2 mm., coriac., ± shining, margins minutely ciliolate. Fls very small, solitary, axillary, near tips of branchlets; bracts and bracteoles obtuse, < calyx; calyx-lobes obtuse, cioliolate, Corolla-tube > calyx, cylindric, lobes short, bearded within, recurved, white to reddish. Fr. ± 5-6 mm. diam., red to orange, globose to subpyriform, style persistent. Pyrenes 5-8-10.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.

2n = 28
2n = 52, c. 52

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Epacris pumila J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Epacris pumila J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pentachondra R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pentachondra R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.

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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Australia
Tasmania
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
Australia
Victoria
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Pentachondra pumila (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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b3ebc5fc-eee9-43b3-ba07-00db249eef17
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 July 2025
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