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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.
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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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Mutis ex L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1767: Mantissa Plantarum. Stockholm.
1771
145, 200
ICN
Acaena Mutis ex L.
genus
Acaena

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Rosales
Rosaceae
Acaena

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

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.
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.

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.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Rosaceae
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Acaena
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Rosaceae
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Acaena Mutis ex L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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