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Allisonia cockaynei
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Allisonia cockaynei
Family: Allisoniaceae
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Dense colony of plants at base of tree trunk
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Plants on soil, alpine elevation
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Female thallus, bracts surrounding archegonia
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Female thalli, sporophytes with stalks (setae) and capsules.
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Allisonia cockaynei forms a small, 12-14 mm wide and up to 3 cm long thallus with undulate margins. Male plants form globular antheridia close to the tip of the thallus and female plants form archegonia enclosed by a ring of bracts along the midrib.
An endemic family and endemic genus, widespread in New Zealand on stream sides and open alpine areas.
