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Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.

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Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3, 765 (1826)
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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(L.) Spreng.
L.
Spreng.
1826
765
ICN
species
Zantedeschia aethiopica

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aethiopica

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Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.

Robust, evergreen, erect, clump-forming, to 1.5 m high, in close-set tufts from a tuberous rootstock with white fleshy roots; new tubers arising from shoots on the rootstock. Leaves large, leathery; laminae sagittate or ovate-cordate, 15-45 × 10-25 cm, dark green, the very fine veins somewhat lighter green, shining, entire, tip apiculate, margins undulate; petiole 40-100 cm long, lighter green, spongy, white on inside, purplish on outside. Scape ± = leaves, green, stout. Spathe ivory-white, bright green at base on outside, to 25 cm long, funnel-shaped, narrowed towards tip with a recurved apiculus to 2 cm long. Spadix ± ½ spathe, bright yellow; basal female zone, with staminodia interspersed, c. ¼-½ length of spadix, contiguous with upper male zone; sterile terminal appendage 0. Berries green or yellow, to ± 1 cm diam.

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Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Mentioned in section on Cardiocrinum giganteum, p. 26.
Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region

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Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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editorial
This name has often been misspelled as Zantedeschia "aethiopicum".

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
12 March 2021
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