Pomaderris tainui Hector

Details

Name scientific

Pomaderris tainui Hector, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 11: 429 (1879)

Preferred name

Pomaderris apetala subsp. maritima N.G.Walsh & F.Coates

Taxonomy reference

Walsh, N. G.; Coates, F. 1997: New taxa, new combinations and an infrageneric classification in Pomaderris (Rhamnaceae). Muelleria 10: 27–56.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hector

Authors

Hector

Publication place

Hector, J. 1879: Notice of a new Species of Pomaderris (P. tainui). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 11: 428–429.

Year published

1879

Publication page

429

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Pomaderris tainui Hector

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Pomaderris tainui

Etymology

The epithet tainui is the Maori word for the plant. Hector related the story he was told that this tree had grown from the flooring of the great canoe Tainui in which the local people had travelled from Hawaiki.

Hector, J. 1879: Notice of a new Species of Pomaderris (P. tainui). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 11: 428–429.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rhamnaceae

Genus

Pomaderris

Species

tainui

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Pomaderris tainui Hector

Pomaderris tainui Hector

Walsh, N. G.; Coates, F. (1997)

Pomaderris apetala subsp. maritima N.G.Walsh & F.Coates

Notes

Note type

Etymology

Note text

Note reference

Hector, J. 1879: Notice of a new Species of Pomaderris (P. tainui). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 11: 428–429.

Metadata

Record id

48647f5b-56c0-4a7a-bf67-960862a301f0

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

21 March 2007

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