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

ALTERNANTHERA Forsk., 1775

Fls in sessile axillary congested clusters. Per. 5-partite; fertile stamens 2-3, filaments connate at base, anthers 1-celled; style very short or obsolete, stigma us. capitate; ovules solitary, pend. from basal funicle. Utricle compressed, margins often thickened or winged; seed vertical, lenticular. Herbs, us. decumbent, with opp. lvs. About 170 spp., mainly tropical and subtropical.

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