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Leonohebe sect. Apiti Heads

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Leonohebe sect. Apiti Heads, 5: 7 (1987)
Leonohebe sect. Apiti Heads

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Heads
Heads
Heads, M. 1987: New names in New Zealand Scrophulariaceae. Botanical Society of Otago Newsletter 5: 4–11.
1987
7
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Leonohebe sect. Apiti Heads
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Leonohebe sect. Apiti
The epithet Apiti was chosen as "a Maori word signifying something confined; a friend; to lay a spell on; to attack; to put together; to place side by side; and to supplement" and that "this seemed to deal comprehensively with the challenging nature of the plant". The only species in the section is confined to Auckland and Campbell Islands.

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The epithet Apiti was chosen as "a Maori word signifying something confined; a friend; to lay a spell on; to attack; to put together; to place side by side; and to supplement" and that "this seemed to deal comprehensively with the challenging nature of the plant". The only species in the section is confined to Auckland and Campbell Islands.
Godley, E. 2006: A Botanist's Notebook. Manuka Press, Christchurch.

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23 September 2020
24 September 2020
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