Flora of New Zealand Series

Stilbocarpa sect. Kirkophytum Harms in Pflanzenfam. 3 (8), 1894, 57-58.

Monoec. or polygamous herbs; umbels axillary and terminal, compound, congested; bracts foliaceous, bractlets smaller. Hypanthium shallowly 3-5-grooved; calyx truncate; petals 5, stamens 5, disk annular; ovary 2-loculed, style-branches 2; fr. subglobose, not hollowed at apex; stylopodia prominent; seeds one per locule, ovoid. Lvs large. Endemic to Snares, Stewart Id, and adjacent islets.