Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
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Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 577 (1925)
Nomenclature
(Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
DC.
Cheeseman
1925
577
ICN
species
Tetrapathaea tetrandra
Classification
Descriptions
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
Dioec. soft-wooded glab. liane, up to c. 10 m. tall; branches terete, flexible; branchlets very slender. Tendrils very slender, ± curled, up to ± 10 cm. long, rarely bearing a fl. Lvs alt., on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 × 2-3 cm., entire, coriac., dark green and glossy above, paler below; margins ± undulate. Fls solitary, or in 2-4-fld cymes, ebracteate. Sepals and petals yellowish green, ovate-oblong, about equal, reflexed; coronal filaments yellowish. ♂ with long, diverging staminal filaments; ♀ with 3-locular, stipitate ovary, us. with staminodes; styles 2-3. Fr. subglobose, orange, 25-30 cm. long; seeds wrinkled, aril reddish, cop.
Taxonomic concepts
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
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Metadata
c2509a2a-4395-4b08-a5b6-f0ba6975d113
scientific name
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24 June 2002
26 June 2007