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Larix Mill.

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

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Mill.
Mill.
1754
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Larix Mill.
genus
Larix

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Larix

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Larix Mill.

Deciduous, scarcely resinous trees; branches irregularly whorled, somewhat horizontal; bark becoming thick and furrowed. Winter buds small, subglobose, not resinous. Long shoots with spirally arranged, solitary lvs; short spur-like shoots with fascicles of up to c. 50, fine, soft, flattened to nearly quadrangular, grass-green lvs; resin ducts 2. ♂ strobili (cones) terminal on short shoots, oblong to globose, yellow, at anthesis before lvs. ♀ cones terminal on short shoots, ripening in first year, erect to downward pointing, surrounded by basal ring of brown, fimbriate, hair-like scales; bract scales much > ovuliferous scales at anthesis, red, purple or green, usually included in mature cone; ovuliferous scales becoming semi-woody, persistent; ovules 2 to each scale. Mature cones not disintegrating, few to numerous along branchlets. Seed with large wing.

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Larix Mill.
Larix Mill.
Larix Mill.

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Larix Mill.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Larix Mill.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
20 January 2014
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