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Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson

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Threat status: Naturally uncommon

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Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson, Illust. Dict. Gard. 2, 149 (1885)
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
endemic to the Kermadec Islands

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(Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Müll.Arg.
G.Nicholson
1885
149
Cheeseman (1906) 630, isonymMabberley, D.J. 2018: A note on the chestnut vine and Séraphin Mottet’s ‘Dictionnaire Pratique d’Horticulture et Jardinage’ (1892–1899). Blumea 62: 240–244.
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species
Homalanthus polyandrus

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polyandrus

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Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson

Slender glab. canopy tree up to c. 8 m. tall; branches brittle, lf-scars prominent. Lvs of young plants up to 3 dm. diam.; of adults on petioles up to 10 cm. long, stipules ± 2 cm. long, caducous; lamina ± 5-10 × 5-10 cm., very broad-ovate to subrhombic, abruptly narrowed to acute or acuminate apex, cuneate to truncate at base, membr., dark green above subglaucous below. Racemes slender, up to c. 20 cm. long. ♀ 5-1, at base, on pedicels up to 4 cm. long; bracts minute, glandular; styles 2, stigmas capitate. ♂ ∞, mostly in clusters of 3, on filiform pedicels up to c. 2 mm. long; stamens ∞, close-set. Capsule up to 10 mm. or more diam., ± globose; aril yellowish.

Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson

2n = 64

Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson

Glabrous tree, 3-9 m high. Twigs rounded, slightly ribbed. Lvs broadly ovate, truncate to cordate at base, rarely perfoliate, acute at apex, (3)-5-15-(20) cm long, usually turning red in cooler part of year; seedling lvs broadly ovate, truncate or cordate at base, sometimes perfoliate; petioles > or ± = blade; stipules soon deciduous. Racemes up to 17 cm long, usually with few solitary long-pedicellate ♀ fls below or at base and many solitary short-pedicellate ♂ fls above (racemes occasionally unisexual); each fl. subtended by a bract and 2 prominent glands at the base of the pedicel. ♂ fls: stamens c. 30-35; perianth segments 1. ♀ fls: ovary 3-celled; styles 3. Fr. ± smooth, 3-angled, reddish, 10-12 mm diam.

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Carumbium polyandrum Hook.f.
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Carumbium polyandrum Müll.Arg.
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus nutans sensu Hook.f.
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) Cheeseman
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) Cheeseman
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) Cheeseman
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) Cheeseman
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) Cheeseman
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) Cheeseman
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) Cheeseman

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Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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e9b057d2-df73-4f0e-9f34-92d8440fdcaa
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 June 2018
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