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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk

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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 3: 177 (1871)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1990: Typification of Ranunculus names in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 28: 115–123.

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New Zealand
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F.Muell. ex Kirk
Kirk
Kirk, T. 1871 ("1870"): Descriptions of New Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 3: 177–180.
1871
177
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
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Ranunculus limosella

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus
limosella

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

Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk

Small slender glab. herb with filiform creeping stems, rooting at nodes, internodes us. very short. Lvs solitary or few together at nodes, on filiform petioles up to 3 cm. long; lamina up to 1cm. long, slightly dilated to ± spathulate. Peduncles filiform, 1-2 cm. long. Fls ± 5 mm. diam.; sepals 4, ovate to oblong, ± 2 mm. long; petals 4, yellow to purple, linear, ± 6 mm. long, revolute; gland 1 well above base. Fruiting heads ± 2 mm. diam.; achenes small, few, ± turgid, obliquely ovoid; style slender, recurved.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk

2n = 48
2n = 48
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.

Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk

Perennial; rosettes tufted along a slender creeping stem. Lvs long-petiolate; lamina entire, spathulate or dilated, glabrous, 5-15 mm long. Fls solitary, 6-8 mm diam., on glabrous scapes. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 4, yellow to purple, linear; nectary single, 0.5 mm from petal base, pocket-like. Receptacle glabrous. Achenes 5-15, hardly flattened, glabrous; body 0.8-1 mm long; beak straight or curved, c. 1 mm long.

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Ranunculus ferdinandii Briq.
Ranunculus ferdinandii Briq.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1990)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Ranunculus L.
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Ranunculus L.
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1990)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Ranunculus limoselloides F.Muell.
Ranunculus limoselloides F.Muell.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1990)
Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk

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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Ranunculus limosella F.Muell. ex Kirk
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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c30316e7-41ae-4217-aa16-50da0dc01a30
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 March 2007
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