Cyathodes
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Cyathodes is a genus of shrubs within the heath family. A characteristic feature of the genus is a deeply five-cleft calyx.[1] Example species within the genus include Cyathodes fasciculata. Example occurrence of the genus is of C. fasciculata in the red and silver beech forests admixed with rimu and miro podocarps on northern South Island, New Zealand.[2]
References
- William Hillebrand. 1888. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: a description of their phanerogams and vascular cryptogams, published by Williams & Norgate, 673 pages
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg