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Dierama K.Koch

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Dierama K.Koch, Index Seminum [Berlin] 10 (1855)
Dierama K.Koch

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

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K.Koch
K.Koch
Koch, K.H.E.L. 1855: Index Seminum in Horto Botanico Berolinensis...Collectorum: 10.
1855
10
ICN
Dierama K.Koch
genus
Dierama

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Dierama

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Dierama K.Koch

Evergreen perennial. Corm with dry coats of parallel fibres. Leaves linear, rigid, grass-like, distichous. Panicle lax with slender pendulous branches. Flowers showy, each within 2 membranous spathe-valves; tube short, dilated at throat; lobes subequal, > tube. Stamens symmetrical. Style with 3 short, entire, cuneate branches. Capsule small, oblong. Seeds small, globose or angled by pressure. Spp. c. 25, of tropical and S. Africa. Adventive sp. 1.

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Dierama K.Koch
Dierama K.Koch
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)
Dierama K.Koch
Dierama
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Dierama K.Koch
Iridaceae Juss.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. (1994)

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Dierama K.Koch
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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38449f12-ffad-48ed-bd39-bae903b47101
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 September 2008
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