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NZ Plants
Chandonanthus squarrosus
Family: Anastrophyllaceae
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Plants
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Branching stem
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Shoot, dorsal surface with leaves
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Detached leaf
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Leaf tip
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Leaf cells with trigones (thickenings at cell wall junctions)
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Shoot, ventral surface with underleaves
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Underleaves
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Detached underleaf
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Detached underleaf on the left and leaf on the right.
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Shoot, focus on paraphyllia
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Paraphyllia
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Chandonanthus squarrosus is a large liverwort that forms dense clumps of erect shoots often with a distinctive golden brown colour. Leaves are bifid (divided into two) and spreading, giving the stems a distinctive 4-angled appearance. Underleaves are large and also bifid.
Found in moist forest on branches to exposed rock and lava flows throughout New Zealand.
