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

WEINMANNIA L., 1759

Fls perfect to unisexual, racemed; sepals 4-5, united at base, imbricate; petals 4-5; stamens 8-10. Ovary 2-celled; ovules few to ∞, capsules coriac., 2-valved, septicidally dehiscent; seeds hairy or not. Shrubs or trees with imparipinnate to simple lvs. About 100 spp. of southern hemisphere, except Africa; the N.Z. spp. endemic.

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Lvs of young plants with c. 10 lflts, of adults mostly 3-foliolate; branchlets and pedicels us. hairy
Lvs of young plants 3-5-foliolate, of adults simple; branchlets and pedicels glab. or nearly so
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