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Rostkovia Desv.

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Rostkovia Desv.
Rostkovia Desv.
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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Desv.
Desv.
ICN
Rostkovia Desv.
genus
Rostkovia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Juncaceae
Rostkovia

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Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Rostkovia Desv.

Fls hermaphrodite, solitary, terminal; subtending bracts 2, the lower lf-like, much > fl., the upper ± = fl. Stamens 6, slightly < tepals. Ovary unilocular. Capsule ovoid or obovoid. Seeds ∞, without tails. Glab., rhizomatous perennial herbs. Stems erect, terete, with brown sheathing bracts at the base. Lvs us. ∞, crowded at base of stem. A genus of 2 spp. The type sp., , has a southern circumpolar distribution, while is endemic to Tristan da Cunha.

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Rostkovia Desv.
Rostkovia Desv.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Juncaceae Juss.
Rostkovia Desv.
Rostkovia
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Rostkovia Desv.
Juncaceae Juss.
Rostkovia Desv.
Rostkovia Desv.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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1 January 2000
16 June 2008
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