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Zannichellia palustris L.

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Zannichellia palustris L. (1753)
Zannichellia palustris L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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L.
1753
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Zannichellia palustris L.
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Zannichellia palustris

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Zannichellia palustris L.

Submerged summer-green herb. Rhizome to 1 mm. diam., to 10 cm. long; internodes 1–2 cm. Stems much-branched, mostly < 1 mm. diam., to 100 cm. long; internodes 2–4 cm. long between apparent whorls of lvs. Lvs c. 2–5 cm. × < 1 mm., narrow-linear, 1-nerved, entire except for minute teeth near acuminate tip. Infl. within swollen lf-bases. Anther at first almost sessile, filament later 3–5 mm. long, reaching level of stigma; connective excurrent in knob of spongy tissue. Carpels us. 3–4; style at first longer than ovary, about as long as widely flaring, thinly membr., funnel-shaped stigma. Fr. 2.5 × < 1 mm., curved, shortly stipitate, yellow, surmounted by c. 1 mm. of style remnant.

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Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.
Zannichellia palustris L.

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Zannichellia palustris L.
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d5586de9-d86d-4a4f-a474-11a8e1767164
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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