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Gunnera dentata Kirk

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Gunnera dentata Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27: 346 (1895)
Gunnera dentata Kirk

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Kirk
Kirk
1895
346
ICN
Gunnera dentata Kirk
species
Gunnera dentata

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dentata

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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.

Gunnera dentata Kirk

Stolons sts below surface, rather stout, branched, up to c. 3 dm. long. Lvs on rather broad pilose amplexicaul petioles up to ± 5 cm. long. Lamina coriac. to submembr., narrowly ovate- to elliptic-oblong, acute or obtuse, grey-green, 8-15-(25) × 7-15 mm., sparsely hairy, coarsely and irregularly dentate, occ. lobed. Infl. 2-7 cm. long, fls sessile. ♂ with ovate to triangular acuminate, ± pilose bracts c. 2.5 mm. long. Calyx-lobes ± cucullate; petals 2, linear-oblong, up to 3 mm. long; filaments hardly 1 mm. long. ♀ on rather stout scapes; bracts minute, calyx-lobes narrow-triangular, silky; styles up to ± 5 mm. long. Drupes at first close-set, clavate to obconic, ± pend., red, ± 3-4 mm. long.

Gunnera dentata Kirk

2n = 34
2n = 34

Gunnera dentata Kirk

Dioecious herb. Lvs 1-4-(6) cm long; lamina usually ovate to elliptic, sometimes orbicular or obovate, usually obtuse at base, sometimes truncate, not lobed, coarsely and often irregularly crenate or serrate, subcoriaceous, glabrous to sparsely or moderately hairy. Infructescence usually exposed above lvs. Drupes spaced along stalk, long-pyriform, pale yellow to deep orange; flesh closely attached to seed.

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Gunnera dentata Kirk
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Gunnera dentata Kirk
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Gunnera dentata Kirk
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Gunnera dentata Kirk
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Gunnera dentata Kirk
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Gunnera dentata Kirk
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Gunnera dentata Kirk
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Gunnera dentata Kirk
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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editorial
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.

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1 January 2000
20 June 2007
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