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

BEILSCHMIEDIA Nees, 1831

Fls perfect; per. deciduous; tube short, segs 6; perfect stamens 9, in 3 series, two outer with introrse anthers and eglandular filaments, third with extrorse anthers and basally biglandular filaments; inner-most series reduced to staminodes. Fr. baccate to drupaceous. Trees and shrubs with alt. to opp. lvs. About 40 mainly tropical spp., the N.Z. ones endemic.

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Lvs of broad-obovate order, thick; branchlets stout, clad in reddish brown tomentum
1. tarairi
Lvs of lanceolate order, thin; branchlets slender, glab., or nearly so
2. tawa
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