Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br. subg. Astelia
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.4768 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F209DE48-D590-50BE-B1CE-B3F59ACD32FA |
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Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br. subg. Astelia |
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Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br. subg. Astelia
Note.
Flowers with a very short perianth tube (0.1-0.8 mm); anthers dorsifixed, versatile; ovary unilocular; seeds ovoid; funicle long, curved, with mucilaginous funicular hairs poorly developed that surround but do not adhere to the seed.
Remarks.
Molecular ( Birch et al. 2012) and morphology-based phylogenetic analyses (Birch unpublished PhD thesis 2011) indicate that Astelia subg. Astelia , as circumscribed by Skottsberg (1934), is polyphyletic. Astelia subg. Astelia is revised to include Astelia sect. Palaeastelia and Astelia sect. Astelia , which form a clade. Astelia sect. Desmoneuron is placed in a different clade and it is excluded from Astelia subg. Astelia .
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