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Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman

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Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman in Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27: 348 (1895)
Gunnera dentata Kirk
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

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Cheeseman
Cheeseman
Kirk, T. 1895: On the New Zealand Species of Gunnera, L. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 27: 341–348.
1895
348
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Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
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Gunnera arenaria

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Gunnerales
Gunneraceae
Gunnera
arenaria

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

Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman

Stolons rather stout, us. creeping through sand, branched, up to c. 4 dm. long. Lvs on stout, ± flat, amplexicaul petioles up to 5 cm. long. Lamina rather diversely shaped (on same plant) oblong to ovate to subrhombic, cuneate to subcordate at base, subcoriac., grey-green, 7-12-(20) × 9-15 mm., subglab., coarsely crenate, sts lobed. Infl. up to 7 cm. long, fls sessile. ♂ with filiform calyx-lobes, minute bracts; petals 2, about lanceolate, glab., ± 2 mm. long; filaments obsolete. ♀ with triangular calyx-lobes ± 6 mm. long; styles filiform, up to 5 mm. long. Drupes clavate to obconic, patent to pend., ± apiculate, on elongated scapes, yellow to pale red, ± 4-6 mm. long.

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Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Gunnera arenaria Cheeseman
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Gunnera dentata Kirk

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Page 749: G. arenaria Cheeseman, accepted by Allan (1961) as a distinct coastal sp., cannot be distinguished by lf or fr. characters from forms found within inland populations of G. dentata, and is therefore placed in synonomy here.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

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24 June 2002
9 May 2012
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