Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
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Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27: 347 (1895)
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
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Kirk
Kirk
1895
347
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Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
species
Gunnera hamiltonii
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Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Stolons stout, 3-5 mm. diam., branched, up to ± 4 dm. long, forming compact cushions; internodes ± 5 cm. long, rosettes overlapping. Lvs on stout flat petioles ± 2-5 cm. × 2-4 mm., ± winged, widening to amplexicaul base. Lamina grey slaty green, coriac., subfleshy, glab. or nearly so, deltoid- to broad-ovate, cuneately narrowed to base or truncate ± 20-30 × 10-25 mm., minutely crenulate, teeth oblong, obtuse, ± 1 mm. long. Infl. up to c. 6 cm. tall, stout. ♀ at first crowded, scape elongating; styles up to 5 mm. long. Drupes patent to pend., ± 3 mm. long, clavate, red.
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
2n = 34
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Dioecious herb. Lvs 2-7 cm long; lamina ovate to ovate-triangular, obtuse to truncate at base, not lobed, finely and evenly crenate, coriaceous, ± glabrous. Infructescence exposed above lvs. Drupes clustered or scattered on stalk, broad-pyriform, red; flesh closely attached to seed.
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Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
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1 January 2000
25 October 2006