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Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan

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Threat status: Not threatened

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Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 3: 208 (1870 [1871])
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Buchanan
Buchanan
Buchanan, J. 1871 ("1870"): On some New Species and Varieties of New Zealand Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3: 208–212.
1870
1871
208
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Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
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Dichondra brevifolia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Convolvulaceae
Dichondra
brevifolia

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

Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan

Prostrate herb with rather close-set stems, branches and lvs often forming turfy patches; plant us. distinctly less hairy than D. repens. Petioles rather stout, flattened, up to c. 2 cm. long; lamina 3-6-(8) mm. diam., suborbicular to reniform, emarginate or rounded at apex, cordate, sinus rather shallow, rather broad. Peduncles short, erect, us. > lvs. Fls. c. 6·5 mm. diam.; sepals obovate, silky; corolla much > sepals, yellowish. Capsule = calyx.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan

n = 15
2n = 30
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.

Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan

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Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Dichondra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Dichondra brevifolia Buchanan
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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c373780e-d1dd-4c2d-9487-ba5d3b5102b0
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 March 2004
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