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Discaria toumatou Raoul

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Discaria toumatou Raoul, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 2: 123 (1844)
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
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Endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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Raoul
Raoul
Raoul, E. 1844: Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Recueillies et décrites par M.E. Raoul. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique sér. 3, 2: 113–123.
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Discaria toumatou Raoul
species
Discaria toumatou
The epithet toumatou is a corruption of the Maori word tūmatakuru, a Maori name for the plant.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Rosales
Rhamnaceae
Discaria
toumatou

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Discaria toumatou Raoul

Much-branched ± deciduous spiny shrub or tree up to 5 m. or more tall; branches divaricate, stiff; branchlets terete, green, ± flexible. Secondary lateral branchlets stiff, short, or reduced to spines up to ± 5 cm. long. Lvs opp. or in opp. fascicles, rarely absent, (5)-10-20 × (2)-5 mm., narrow-obovate to obovate-oblong, coriac., obtuse, ± glossy above. Fls in few-fld cymose fascicles to solitary, ± 3-5 mm. diam., on short puberulous pedicels. Sepals 4-5, greenish to clear white, reflexed; petals 0. Fr. c. 5 mm. diam., globose, us. deeply 3-lobed.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Discaria toumatou Raoul

n = 11

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Discaria australis var. apetala Hook.f.
Discaria australis var. apetala Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Discaria Hook.
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Discaria toumatou Raoul
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Discaria toumatou Raoul
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Discaria toumatou Raoul
Notophaena toumatou Miers
Notophaena toumatou Miers
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Discaria toumatou Raoul

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Discaria toumatou Raoul
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
42 Link to an external page
Discaria toumatou Raoul
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
5 Link to an external page
Discaria toumatou Raoul
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
1 Link to an external page
Discaria toumatou Raoul
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
1 Link to an external page
Discaria toumatou Raoul
New Zealand
Otago Land District
4 Link to an external page
Discaria toumatou Raoul
New Zealand
Southland Land District
1 Link to an external page
Discaria toumatou Raoul
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Etymology
The epithet toumatou is a corruption of the Maori word tūmatakuru, a Maori name for the plant.

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f4ab675a-284b-41dc-be8b-4c0d68571bc3
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 May 2016
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