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Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.

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Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. New Zealand Inst. 59: 422 (1928)
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
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New Zealand
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W.R.B.Oliv.
W.R.B.Oliv.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1928: The New Zealand species of Metrosideros with a note on Metrosideros collina (Forst.) Gray. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 59: 419–423.
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Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
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Metrosideros kermadecensis

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Metrosideros
kermadecensis

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.

Tree up to 15 m. or more tall; trunk up to 1m. or more diam. Branchlets, lvs below, infl.-axes, receptacles, sepals densely clad in white tomentum; branchlets terete. Lvs on stout petioles ± 5 mm. long; lamina 2-5 × 1-2 cm., broadly ovate- to elliptic-oblong, coriac., margins recurved. Infl. of terminal compound cymes with ∞ fls; pedicels stout, up to c. 10 mm. long. Receptacle obconic; sepals deltoid to triangular, gland-tipped; petals oblong, pubescent, crimson. Stamens crimson, ± 12-20 mm. long. Ovary 3-celled, adnate to receptacle; capsules ± 6 mm. long, distinctly exserted, woody, white-tomentose, loculicidally 3-valved.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.

2n = 22

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Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros polymorpha sensu Hook.f.
Metrosideros polymorpha sensu Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
Metrosideros villosa Kirk
Metrosideros villosa Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.

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Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.
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7428abde-e8c3-4a9b-a002-5cd1059eba55
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1 January 2000
24 March 2004
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