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Image Title: Pyllocladus glaucus Carr. (Phyllocladaceaes), Toatoa or Blue Celery Pine, endemic to New Zealand
Image Credit: John E. Braggins, University of Auckland
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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Pyllocladus glaucus Carr. (Phyllocladaceaes), Toatoa or Blue Celery Pine, endemic to New Zealand, showing part of a pseudowhorl of fertile phylloclades. Cones are borne marginally towards the base of these modified branch complexes. The individual ovules with pollination drops are at the stage of pollen receptivity. Magnification x5, from a color transparency by J. E. Braggins.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Contrasted pollen capture mechanisms in Phyllocladaceae and certain Podocarpaceae (Coniferales),

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