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Stereodon contiguus Mitt.

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Mitt.
Mitt.
1859
87
ICN
Stereodon contiguus Mitt.
species
Stereodon contiguus
The significance of contiguum, meaning touching or neighbouring, is not apparent. Ben Tan (pers. comm., 6 April 2009) has suggested that it may allude to the overlapping leaf bases, which he thinks are “unlike the other species of the genus”.

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contiguus

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typification
Lectotype: Tasmania, Gunn 51, BM-Hooker 851175! (Designated by Ramsay et al., 2002, p. 41.)
Etymology
The significance of contiguum, meaning touching or neighbouring, is not apparent. Ben Tan (pers. comm., 6 April 2009) has suggested that it may allude to the overlapping leaf bases, which he thinks are “unlike the other species of the genus”.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
10 February 2016
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