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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Centella L.

CENTELLA L., 1753

Infl. a simple umbel subtended by 2 us. conspicuous bracts, Calyxteeth obsolete; petals whitish, imbricate in bud. Fr. laterally compressed, orbicular in outline, with narrow commissure. Mericarps flattened; primary ribs 3-5; secondary 3-5, prominent. Creeping perennial herbs with simple lvs; lamina ovate to ovate-cordate to reniform. About 25 spp., mainly of S. Africa and Asia, the N.Z. sp. endemic.

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