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

AVICENNIACEAE

Calyx subtended by pseudo-involucre of scalelike bractlets; corolla campanulate to rotate; stamens us. nearly equal. Ovary imperfectly 4-locular, with free-central ± 4-winged placenta. Ovules 4, ortho-tropous, pend. Capsule 2-valved, 1-seeded. Littoral shrubs or small trees with opp. entire lvs. Family of 1 genus with several spp., mainly of tropical and subtropical coasts.

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