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Arthropodium R.Br.

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Arthropodium R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 276 (1810)
Arthropodium R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
276
ICN
Arthropodium R.Br.
genus
Arthropodium

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Arthropodium

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Arthropodium R.Br.

Infl. a terminal, lax, sts raceme-like panicle on a simple peduncle; lower bracts lf-like, sts 1–3 empty, those subtending fls scarious, often in groups of 2–3; pedicel articulated about the middle and ± petaloid above that level. Fls white or purplish; per. spreading to slightly reflexed at fl., later standing erect and investing fr.; tepals free, subequal to unequal, 3-nerved. Stamens 6, filaments hidden over part of their length by short hairs; anthers basifixed, introrse. Ovary superior, subglobose, 3-locular; style cylindric; stigma narrowly capitate. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds black, not elongated, subangular; embryo curved. Glab., tufted herbs perennating by sympodial rhizomes, or sts by corm-like tubers. Lvs linear to narrowly lanceolate. About 12 spp., principally Australian and one of these extending to New Guinea, and one sp. each in New Caledonia and Madagascar. The 2 N.Z. spp. endemic.

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Arthropodium R.Br.
Arthropodium R.Br.
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Arthropodium R.Br.
Arthropodium R.Br.
Arthropodium R.Br.
Arthropodium R.Br.
Arthropodium R.Br.
Arthropodium R.Br.
Arthropodium R.Br.

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Arthropodium R.Br.
New Caledonia
Arthropodium R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Arthropodium R.Br.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Arthropodium R.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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f8c1cd70-80fb-4d67-b622-d7342296c565
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 August 2012
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