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Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 128, t. 64 (1776)
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
Names_Fungi record source Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
1776
128, t. 64
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Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Hedycarya arborea

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Laurales
Monimiaceae
Hedycarya
arborea

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

Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Tree up to 12 m. tall; trunk up to 5 dm. diam.; bark dark; branchlets pubescent at tips. Lvs coriac., glab. except on midrib and main veins and petioles, which are up to 2 cm. long; lamina of two main forms, occ. found on the same tree: (a) 5-12 × 2.5-5 cm., elliptic-obovate, cuneately narrowed to base, obtuse to subacute, distantly serrate or odd lvs subentire; (b) 6·5-12.5 × 2-3 cm., oblanceolate to lanceolate, distantly toothed or odd lvs subentire, acute (rarely obtuse). Infl. of branched racemes; peduncles and pedicels slender, pubescent. ♂ with per. c. 1 cm. diam., pubescent, stamens ∞, anthers sessile. ♀ with per. c. 6 mm. diam.; carpels up to 20; drupes up to 10, stipitate, ± 1·5 cm. long, ovoid; bright red when fresh.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

2n = c. 166
n = 57
2n = 116

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Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Connor, H.E. (1977)
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Monimiaceae Juss.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hedycarya dentata G.Forst.
Hedycarya dentata G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Zanthoxylum novae-zeelandiae A.Rich.
Zanthoxylum novae-zeelandiae A.Rich.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Hedycarya arborea J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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North Auckland Land District
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Otago Land District
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South Auckland Land District
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Southland Land District
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Taranaki Land District
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Wellington Land District
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Westland Land District
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1 January 2000
24 June 2025
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