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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.

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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 74 (1852)
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
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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(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
1852
74
ICN
Mniarum biflorum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
species
Scleranthus biflorus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllaceae
Scleranthus
biflorus

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

Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.

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Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.

2n = 48
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.

Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.

Mat or cushion-forming perennial; stems decumbent, to 5 cm tall, glabrous; internodes 1-3 mm long. Lvs paired, ± spreading, linear, scabrid on margins and keel, shortly acicular, (2)-5-8 × 0.5 mm. Peduncles glabrous, short at flowering, elongating at fruiting to 2-8 mm. Bracts in 2 pairs, deltoid, scarious, keeled, up to 1 mm long. Fls paired. Sepals 4, narrow-triangular, not scarious, at fruiting connivent and c. 1/2 length of the smooth perigynous zone; whole fr. 1.5-2 mm long. Stamen 1, included in calyx.

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Ditoca muscosa Banks ex Gaertn.
Ditoca muscosa Banks ex Gaertn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Mniarum biflorum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Mniarum biflorum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Scleranthus L.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Indigenous
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Australia
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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Scleranthus biflorus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Hook.f.
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acd70a9f-7a40-4df7-a126-fe6fcd25b830
scientific name
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1 January 2000
12 April 2007
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