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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.

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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent., Choix Pl. t. 81 (1804)
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
Short, P.S. 1979: Apium L. sect. Apium (Umbelliferae) in Australasia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1: 205–235.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Labill. ex Vent.
Vent.
Ventenat, E.P. 1804: Choix de Plantes, dont la plupart sont cultivees dans le jardin de Cels.
1804
t. 81
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
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Apium prostratum

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Apiales
Umbelliferae
Apium
prostratum

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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.

Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.

Procumbent to ascending, terrestrial perennial, not rooting at nodes. Lvs pinnately 3-foliolate to 1-2-pinnate; ultimate segments broadly or narrowly ovate to deltate, usually lobed and crenate, c. 5-30 mm long; upper stem lvs similar to lower and basal lvs, but often reduced and 3-foliolate or simple. Umbels compound, usually sessile or subsessile, lf-opposed; rays 2-10-(15); bracts and bracteoles 0. Fls numerous, white. Fr. broadly ovoid, 1.5-2.5 mm long; ribs broad and spongy.

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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
Short, P.S. (1979)
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Apium prostratum has 2 varieties in New Zealand. Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum var. filiforme (A.Rich.) Kirk (1899) is regarded as an indigenous plant, while Apium prostratum Vent. subsp. prostratum var. prostratum is an introducred taxon (Heenan et al. 2002)
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Cameron, E.K.; Champion, P.D. 2002: Checklist of dicotyledons, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes naturalised or casual in New Zealand: additional records 1999–2000. New Zealand Journal of Botany 40(2): 155–174.

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1 January 2000
19 September 2008
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