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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Dichondra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

DICHONDRA J. R. et G. Forst., 1776

Fls small, solitary, axillary, 5-merous; calyx cut to base into subequal sepals; corolla deeply lobed, broadly campanulate, lobes induplicate. Staminal filaments filiform, anthers included. Ovary of 2 distinct 1-2-ovuled carpels; styles basal. Capsule membr., us. 1-seeded, opening irregularly. Small creeping perennial herbs, rooting at nodes, with entire lvs. A widespread genus of warm regions, with some 10 spp.

Key

1
Corolla < or = calyx; lamina ± 6-25 mm. diam., plant far-creeping, very silky
1. repens
Corolla distinctly > calyx; lamina ± 3-6·5 mm. diam.; plant more compact, less silky
2. brevifolia
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