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Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk

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Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27: 347 (1895)
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Kirk
Kirk
1895
347
ICN
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
species
Gunnera hamiltonii

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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

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
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Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk

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Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Gunnera hamiltonii Kirk
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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e954f200-6513-4376-a63e-0f75aac27d4c
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 October 2006
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