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Dracunculus Mill.

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Dracunculus Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. (1754)
Dracunculus Mill.

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

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Mill.
Mill.
Miller, P. 1754: The Gardeners Dictionary: ... Abridged from the last folio edition, by the author, Philip Miller, in three volumes. ...Fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. Edition 4. London.
1754
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Dracunculus Mill.
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Dracunculus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Alismatales
Araceae
Dracunculus

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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.

Dracunculus Mill.

Large, tuberous, scapose, monoecious, perennial herbs. Leaves fan-like, palmately cut almost to midrib into several toe-like segments (pedatisect). Inflorescence solitary, terminal, usually strong-smelling; scape > leaves. Spathe funnel-shaped. Spadix ± = spathe; female and male flowers contiguous; terminal sterile appendage very long. Berry scarlet. Spp. 2, one from S. Europe, one from Canary Is. Adventive sp. 1.

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Dracunculus Mill.
Dracunculus Mill.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)
Dracunculus Mill.
Dracunculus
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Dracunculus Mill.
Araceae Juss.

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1 January 2000
26 August 2008
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