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Root Nodules in Discaria toumatou Raoul Choix

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Discaria toumatou is a thorny shrub belonging to the Rhamnaceae. It is endemic in New Zealand and is common in mountain valleys on the eastern side of the Southern Alps. The root systems of plants growing in a number of widely separated localities in the South Island have been examined and all have been found to be nodulated.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Otago, New Zealand

    T. M. MORRISON & G. P. HARRIS

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MORRISON, T., HARRIS, G. Root Nodules in Discaria toumatou Raoul Choix. Nature 182, 1746–1747 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821746a0

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