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Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
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Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 257 (1867)
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Nomenclature
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1867
257
ICN
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
species
Libocedrus bidwillii
The species was named after John C. Bidwill (1815–1853), who was an early botanical collector in New Zealand, and has sent many specimens to William Hooker, the first Director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Type: New Zealand: South Island, Marlborough, Richmond Range, ["Nelson Mts."] J. C. Bidwill [ ex herb. W. J. Hooker] 126 (Holotype K)
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Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Tree up to 20 m., trunk up to 1 m. diam., bark falling in narrow thin strips. Branchlets distichous, of juveniles somewhat flattened up to 3 mm. broad, of adults tetragonous. Lvs quadrifarious; lateral in juveniles about 3 mm. long, dorsal and ventral c.1 mm.; in adults all lvs subsimilar, triangular, appressed, acute, c. 2 mm. long. Male strobili c. 2.5 mm. long, sporophylls 7-9, pend., apiculus thin, ovate. Female cones ovoid < 1 cm. long of 4 carpidia with projecting, dorsal, curved mucro. Seeds 2.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
2n = 22
2n = 22
n = 11
Taxonomic concepts
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.
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typification
Type: New Zealand: South Island, Marlborough, Richmond Range, ["Nelson Mts."] J. C. Bidwill [ ex herb. W. J. Hooker] 126 (Holotype K)
Etymology
The species was named after John C. Bidwill (1815–1853), who was an early botanical collector in New Zealand, and has sent many specimens to William Hooker, the first Director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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