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Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn

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Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn, Austral. J. Bot. 30: 316 (1982)
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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(Hook.f.) Quinn
Hook.f.
Quinn
1982
316
ICN
species
Lepidothamnus laxifolius

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laxifolius

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Prostrate to sublianoid shrub with branches c. 2-5 mm. diam. towards base, up to 1 m. long or more; branchlets ∞, very slender, flexuous. Lvs polymorphic; of juveniles 5-12 mm. long, subulate to narrow-linear, acute, flat, often curved; later lvs lessening to 2-3 mm. long (often flowering and fruiting in this stage); fully adult lvs 1-2 mm. long, appressed, imbricating, oblong-ovate, obtuse, keeled; branchlets often showing admixture of lf-forms. Plants often monoec.; male strobili solitary, terminal, sessile, up to 8 mm. long; apiculus broadly triangular, acute. Ovule solitary, terminal; receptacle swollen, crimson, succulent, rarely dry; seed 3-5 mm. long, nutlike, oblong-cylindrical, obtuse, with stout, curved apiculus, far exserted beyond epimatium. Aril red.

Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn

2n = 30
n = 15
2n = 30
n = 15
2n = 30
2n = 30

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Dacrydium laxifolium Hook.f.
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Dacrydium laxifolium Hook.f.
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
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Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
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Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
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Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus laxifolius (Hook.f.) Quinn

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dc41bfa4-04af-42fe-b68e-f2081ec800aa
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
23 April 2024
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