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

PARATROPHIS Blume, 1852

Fls mixed with peltate scales, in axillary or rarely terminal spikes; per. 4-partite, segs rounded, imbricate, in bud. ♂ ∞; stamens 4, filaments inflexed; ovary rud. ♀ us. fewer; per. minute; ovary sessile, exserted; ovule solitary, pend. Fr. drupaceous, invested by persistent per. Dioec. trees with alt. coriac. lvs; stipules small, caducous. Genus of about 10 spp. of Polynesia and 3 endemic to N.Z. The spikes are often diseased and converted into small panicles densely clad in imbricating bracts.

Key

1
Lvs entire, 10-20 cm. long
1. smithii
Lvs toothed, most or all < 10 cm. long
2
2
Lvs 3·5-8·5 cm. long; drupes 6-7 mm. diam.
2. banksii
Lvs 8-25 mm. long; drupes 4-5 mm. diam.
3. microphylla
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