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Hydrocotyle americana L.

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Hydrocotyle americana L., Sp. Pl. 234 (1753)
Hydrocotyle americana L.
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.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Webb, C.J. (1984)

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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
234
ICN
Hydrocotyle americana L.
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Hydrocotyle americana

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Apiales
Araliaceae
Hydrocotyle
americana

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

Hydrocotyle americana L.

Patches up to c. 2dm. diam.; plant flaccid, glab. or nearly so; stems filiform. Lvs on very slender to filiform petioles 1-2-5 cm. long. Lamina delicate, rather pale green, glossy, up to 2 cm. or more diam.; 5-7-lobed, lobes shallow, crenulate; basal sinus wide to narrow. Umbels 3-5-(10)-fld on peduncles (1)-2 mm. long. Fls sessile or subsessile; fr. < 2 mm. diam., pale yellowish brown, glab. or ± hispid. Mericarps with acute dorsal margin and us. prominent rib on each face.

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Hydrocotyle americana L.
Hydrocotyle americana L.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hydrocotyle americana L.
Hydrocotyle americana L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Hydrocotyle americana L.

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13 March 2002
25 September 2008
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