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Acaena Mutis ex L.

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Acaena Mutis ex L., Mant. Pl. 145, 200 (1771)
Acaena Mutis ex L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Mutis ex L.
L.
1771
145, 200
ICN
Acaena Mutis ex L.
genus
Acaena

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Acaena

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Acaena Mutis ex L.

Infl. capitate or spicate; fls us. perfect, occ. unisexual. Cupule investing carpels, us. with 4 or more spines; sepals us. 4, petals 0; stamens us. few; carpels 1 or 2; stigmas plumose, ample. Herbs to semi-woody plants, us. prostrate, with ascending scapose flowering branchlets; lvs imparipinnate, stipules adnate. About 150, mainly southern hemisphere, spp. The N.Z. spp. all have capitate infl., and, if interpreted in a narrow sense, are endemic, though some forms are closely related to Australian ones.

Acaena Mutis ex L.

Perennial herbs or dwarf shrubs, often prostrate and forming large mats. Lvs imparipinnate; leaflets toothed; stipules adnate to petiole, persistent. Infl. terminal or axillary, capitate or spicate. Fls 3-5-merous, small, ☿ or ♀. Hypanthium deeply concave, contracted at mouth. Epicalyx 0. Calyx of 3-5 sepals. Petals 0. Stamens 1-10. Ovary superior, surrounded by the hypanthium. Styles 1-2. Ovules 1-2. Fr. of 1-2 achenes enclosed in dry hypanthium bearing 4 or more, often barbed, spines, or without spines.

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Acaena Mutis ex L.
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Acaena
Acaena Mutis ex L.

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Acaena Mutis ex L.
Argentina
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Chile
Acaena Mutis ex L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Acaena Mutis ex L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Acaena Mutis ex L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Acaena Mutis ex L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Acaena Mutis ex L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Acaena Mutis ex L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Acaena Mutis ex L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Acaena Mutis ex L.
United States

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b953fbda-acca-4a54-9196-eeb6ea5c93dd
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 May 2008
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