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

PLAGIANTHUS J. R. et G. Forst., 1776

Fls small, unisexual to perfect, in axillary or terminal cymes or solitary; bracts small, distant from calyx, or 0. Calyx 5-toothed; petals 5, small. Staminal column divided at apex into ∞ stamens. Ovary 1-5-loculed, ovules 1 per locule; styles 1-5, stigmatic on inner side. Fr. of 1-5 carpels, ind. or dehiscing irregularly. Seed solitary in each locule, pend. Trees or shrubs with c. 15 spp. of Australia and N.Z. The N.Z. spp. endemic. The reticulate bast fibres not so striking as in Hoheria.

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Plant a shrub with linear entire lvs; fls solitary or few together
Plant a tree with ovate toothed lvs; fls in large compound cymes
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