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

KORTHALSELLA Tiegh., 1896

Fls grouped in lf-axils (nodes) invested by tufts of hairs. Groups (in N.Z. spp.) 2 per node, of 1 ♂ and 4 ♀. ♂ with 3 triangular valvate tepals; stamens united into a 6-septate globose synandrium, opening inwards to a central channel ("pore"). ♀ with inferior ovary and 3 triangular valvate tepals. Fr. clavate to pyriform, ± succulent and viscid; tepals persistent. Subshrubs or herbs, ± succulent, on a wide range of hosts, with lvs vestigial, the pairs connate to form a collar round the constricted nodes and at first concealing fls. Widespread genus with some 20 spp.

Key

1
Internodes terete; branches us. ∞, close-set
1. salicornioides
Internodes much-flattened; branches us. few, at a wide angle
2. lindsayi

For a detailed study of the N.Z. spp. (endemic) see Stevenson in T.R.S.N.Z. 64, 1934, 175-190.

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