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Ailanthus Desf.

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Ailanthus Desf., Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mem. Math. Phys. (Paris, 4°) 1786: 265 (1788)
Ailanthus Desf.
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New Zealand
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Desf.
Desf.
Desfontaines, R.L. 1788: Mémoire sur un nouveau genre d'arbre. Ailanthus glandulosa. L'Ailanthe glanduleux. Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Avec les Mémoires de Mathematique & de Physique. 1786: 265–271.
1788
265
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Ailanthus Desf.
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Ailanthus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus

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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.

Ailanthus Desf.

Trees, usually deciduous. Lvs imparipinnate; leaflets somewhat oblique at base, with a ± conspicuous gland on each side beneath towards the base. Fls in large terminal panicles, ☿ or unisexual. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, valvate, oblong. Stamens 10, inserted at base of 10-lobed disc. Carpels 2-5, connate or free below; styles connate with elongated, divergent stigmas. Fr. a samara, the compressed seed in the middle. Cotyledons suborbicular or broadly ovate.

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Ailanthus Desf.
Ailanthus
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Ailanthus Desf.
Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus Desf.
Ailanthus
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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