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Calluna Salisb.

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Calluna Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 317 (1802)
Calluna Salisb.
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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Salisb.
Salisb.
Salisbury, R.A. 1802: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 6: 317.
1802
317
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Calluna Salisb.
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Calluna

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ericales
Ericaceae
Calluna

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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.

Calluna Salisb.

Small evergreen shrub. Lvs opposite, sessile, scale-like, 4-ranked. Fls in bracteate, terminal spikes or sometimes panicles, 4-merous. Calyx of free petaloid sepals, > corolla, persistent. Corolla deeply lobed, campanulate, persistent, scarious. Stamens 8, included; anthers acuminate, with 2 reflexed dorsal appendages, opening by elongated slits. Fr. a septifragal capsule, invested in the persistent perianth. Seeds few.

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Calluna Salisb.
Calluna Salisb.
Kubitzki, K. (2004)
Ericaceae
Calluna Salisb.
Calluna
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Calluna Salisb.
Ericaceae
Calluna Salisb.
Calluna Salisb.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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1 January 2000
4 September 2008
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