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Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes

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Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes, Bull. Auckland Mus. 20: 253-259 (2015)
Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
Cameron, E.K.; Sykes, W.R. 2015: Pittosporum rangitahua sp. nov., from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, northern New Zealand. Bulletin of the Auckland Museum 20: 253–162.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Cameron, E.K.; Sykes, W.R. (2015)
Pittosporum rangitahua has only ever been recorded on Raoul Island

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E.K.Cameron & Sykes
E.K.Cameron & Sykes
Cameron, E.K.; Sykes, W.R. 2015: Pittosporum rangitahua sp. nov., from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, northern New Zealand. Bulletin of the Auckland Museum 20: 253–162.
2015
253-259
ICN
Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
species
Pittosporum rangitahua
Named after the only known locality of the species, from the Māori name for Raoul Island (Anderson 1980) – Rangitahua translates as ‘fire in the sky’ indicating evidence of its volcanic eruptions (Harris 2001).
Holotype: NEW ZEALAND, Kermadec Islands, Raoul Island, Hutchison Bluff Track, E.K. Cameron 7935, 25 Nov 1995, AK 225422.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Apiales
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporum
rangitahua

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Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
Cameron, E.K.; Sykes, W.R. (2015)
Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes

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Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
New Zealand
Kermadec Islands
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Pittosporum rangitahua E.K.Cameron & Sykes
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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typification
Holotype: NEW ZEALAND, Kermadec Islands, Raoul Island, Hutchison Bluff Track, E.K. Cameron 7935, 25 Nov 1995, AK 225422.
Cameron, E.K.; Sykes, W.R. 2015: Pittosporum rangitahua sp. nov., from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, northern New Zealand. Bulletin of the Auckland Museum 20: 253–162.
Etymology
Named after the only known locality of the species, from the Māori name for Raoul Island (Anderson 1980) – Rangitahua translates as ‘fire in the sky’ indicating evidence of its volcanic eruptions (Harris 2001).
Cameron, E.K.; Sykes, W.R. 2015: Pittosporum rangitahua sp. nov., from Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, northern New Zealand. Bulletin of the Auckland Museum 20: 253–162.

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51f79d7a-f5a1-4058-8f15-8d189cb76722
scientific name
Names_Plants
27 October 2015
27 October 2015
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