Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
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Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce (1917)
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
Nomenclature
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Descriptions
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
Plant simple or several to many tufted. Branches mostly very short. Lvs grassy, erect, flexuous or recurved, blade 10-25 mm. long, linear to very narrow-linear, with short apicula. Peduncles about = lvs, becoming longer; fls fairly broad, sepals 5, 3-4 mm. long, broad and partly membr. below, tapering to short apicula; capsule 5-valved, valves almost = sepals when mature. Seeds with low rounded papillae.
Taxonomic concepts
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
Spergula apetala Labill.
Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce
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Notes
editorial
"Vegetatively, at least in N.Z., specimens here attributed to C. apetalus and C. affinis are often indistinguishable, although they differ constantly in shape and relative size of sepals. C. affinis has the more restricted distribution here, mostly in high rainfall areas. These two spp. were for a long time included under C. billardieri Fenzl (Ann. Wien Mus. 1, 1836, 49), a name which was nomenclaturally superfluous when published, since both Sagina crassifolia D'Urv. and Spergula apetala Labill. were quoted as synonyms" (Allan 1961).
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1 January 2000
12 April 2007
