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Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.

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Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb. in Mabberley, Bot. Mag. 17: 234 (2000)
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Cameron, E.K.; Parris, B.S. 2008: Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additional records 2004–06. New Zealand Journal of Botany 46: 257–283.

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Exotic
Casual
New Zealand
Political Region
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Cameron, E.K.; Parris, B.S. (2008)

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Molloy & Mabb.
DC.
(R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Mabberley, D.J. 2000: The botanical magazine and George Bond's drawings of Allan Cunningham's Australian plants. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 17(4): 226–235.
2000
234
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Hymenanthera dentata R.Br. ex DC.
species
Melicytus dentatus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Violaceae
Melicytus
dentatus

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

Hymenanthera angustifolia R.Br. ex DC.

Slender erect to spreading dioec. shrub or small tree up to 3 m. tall; branchlets ± flexuous, slender, sts interlacing. Lvs (sts few or absent) submembr., (1)-2-3 cm. × 1-4 mm., linear to very narrow-oblong, entire or sinuate or with a few bluntly serrate teeth. Fls ± 3 mm. diam., us. solitary; ♂ with sepals broadly ovate to deltoid, ± fimbriate, ± 1 mm. long; petals ± 3 mm. long, oblong, brownish yellow, revolute at apex; ♀ smaller, style 2-(3)-fid. Berry 3-4 mm. diam., subglobose, white, ± purple-stained. Seeds (1)-2, concavo-convex.

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Hymenanthera angustifolia R.Br. ex DC.
Hymenanthera angustifolia R.Br. ex DC.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hymenanthera angustifolia R.Br. ex DC.
Hymenanthera angustifolia R.Br. ex DC.
Molloy, B. P. J.; Druce, A. P. (1994)
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Hymenanthera dentata R.Br. ex DC.
Hymenanthera dentata R.Br. ex DC.
Molloy, B. P. J.; Druce, A. P. (1994)
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Hymenanthera dentata var. angustifolia (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth.
Hymenanthera dentata var. angustifolia (R.Br.) Benth.
Kirk,T. (1899)
Melicytus angustifolius (R.Br. ex DC.) Garnock-Jones
Melicytus angustifolius (DC.) Garnock-Jones
Molloy, B. P. J.; Druce, A. P. (1994)
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Cameron, E.K.; Parris, B.S. (2008)
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Molloy, B. P. J.; Druce, A. P. (1994)

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Hymenanthera angustifolia R.Br. ex DC.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Hymenanthera angustifolia R.Br. ex DC.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Hymenanthera angustifolia R.Br. ex DC.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Hymenanthera dentata R.Br. ex DC.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Hymenanthera dentata R.Br. ex DC.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Hymenanthera dentata var. angustifolia (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth.
New Zealand
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Hymenanthera dentata var. angustifolia (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Hymenanthera dentata var. angustifolia (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Hymenanthera dentata var. angustifolia (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Hymenanthera dentata var. angustifolia (R.Br. ex DC.) Benth.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Melicytus angustifolius (R.Br. ex DC.) Garnock-Jones
Australia
New South Wales
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Melicytus angustifolius (R.Br. ex DC.) Garnock-Jones
Australia
Tasmania
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Melicytus angustifolius (R.Br. ex DC.) Garnock-Jones
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Melicytus angustifolius (R.Br. ex DC.) Garnock-Jones
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Australia
New South Wales
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Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
Australia
Tasmania
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Melicytus dentatus (R.Br. ex DC.) Molloy & Mabb.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Melicytus flexuosus was formerly treated under M. angustifolius (now M. dentatus), a name based on an Australian specimen.
Molloy, B. P. J.; Druce, A. P. 1994: A new species name in Melicytus (Violaceae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 32(2): 113–118.

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23 March 2004
6 October 2008
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