Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Kirkophytum (Harms) Allan

KIRKOPHYTUM (Harms) Allan gen. nov. 

Stilbocarpa sect. Kirkophytum Harms in Pflanzenfam. 3 (8), 1894, 57-58.

Monoec. or polygamous herbs; umbels axillary and terminal, compound, congested; bracts foliaceous, bractlets smaller. Hypanthium shallowly 3-5-grooved; calyx truncate; petals 5, stamens 5, disk annular; ovary 2-loculed, style-branches 2; fr. subglobose, not hollowed at apex; stylopodia prominent; seeds one per locule, ovoid. Lvs large. Endemic to Snares, Stewart Id, and adjacent islets.

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Stolons well-developed; petioles subterete, fistular; fls reddish purple
Stolons obsolete; petioles plano-convex, not fistular; fls yellowish
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