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

LAURACEAE

Fls small, us. in cymes or racemes, perfect to unisexual; calyx 6-lobed; stamens in 4 whorls, 4th whorl aborted; anthers 2-4-valved, opening from base by flaps. Ovary 1-celled; ovule 1, pend. Aromatic trees and shrubs, rarely parasitic twining lianes; lvs us. alt., exstipulate, gland-dotted. About 40 genera and 1000 spp., mainly tropical and subtropical.

Key

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Plant a parasitic twining liane
3. CASSYTHA
Plant a tree
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Fls perfect, in panicles; fr. dark purple
1. BEILSCHMIEDIA
Fls unisexual, in involucrate umbels; fr. reddish
2. LITSEA
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