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Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl

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Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl, Symb. Bot. (Vahl) 3, 66 (1794)
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
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(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Vahl
Vahl, M. 1794: Symbolae botanicae. Part 3. Möller, Copenhagen.
1794
66
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Dicera dentata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Elaeocarpus dentatus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Oxalidales
Elaeocarpaceae
Elaeocarpus
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.

Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl

Canopy tree up to 15 m. or more tall; trunk up to 1 m. diam.; bark grey; branchlets silky when young. Lvs on stout petioles up to 25 mm. long. Lamina (5)-10-12 × 2-3 cm., narrow- to obovate-oblong, obtuse to abruptly acuminate (on same plant), coriac., ± white silky-hairy below; margins ± sinuate, ± recurved, bluntly serrate to subentire. Racemes c. 10-(18) cm. long, 8-12-fld, on silky-hairy pedicels c. 1cm. long. Fls drooping, 8-12-15 mm. diam.; petals white, obovate-cuneate, 3-5-lobed, ± 10 mm. long; sepals ± 6 mm. long, pubescent, about lanceolate-oblong. Stamens 10-20, filaments short, anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled, at first silky-hairy. Drupe ± 12-18 × 9 mm., ovoid, purplish; endocarp rugulose.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl

2n = 30

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Dicera dentata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dicera dentata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Elaeocarpus cunninghamii Raoul
Elaeocarpus cunninghamii Raoul
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Elaeocarpus L.
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
Elaeocarpus hinau A.Cunn.
Elaeocarpus hinau A.Cunn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl

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Elaeocarpus dentatus (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Vahl
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1 January 2000
27 April 2004
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