Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.

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Name scientific

Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 268 (1797)

Preferred name

Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.

Taxonomy reference

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

Linked name

Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Sm.

Original authors

G.Forst.

Authors

(G.Forst.) Sm.

Publication place

Smith, J. E. 1797: Botanical Characters of some plants of the natural order of Myrti. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 255–288.

Year published

1797

Publication page

268

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Melaleuca diffusa G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Metrosideros diffusa

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Metrosideros

Species

diffusa

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

white rata

Language of use: Māori

Rātā

Synonyms

Associations

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Association type

Associated organism

Association source

has host

Podocarpus hallii Kirk

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Weinmannia racemosa L.f.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Korthalsella lindsayi (Oliv. ex Hook.f.) Engl.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Metzgeria leptoneura Spruce

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

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

Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) W.R.B.Oliv.

Description

Slender liane up to 6 m. or more tall; branchlets indistinctly 4-angled, finely pubescent. Lvs subsessile; lamina submembr., us. ± pubescent when young, oblong- to ovate-lanceolate to ovate-oblong, ± 7-8-(15) × 3-8 mm., occ. ones up to 25 mm. long, acute to apiculate, sts obtuse (on same plant). Infl. of few-fld us. lateral cymes, us. below lvs; pedicels up to 5 mm. long, ± pubescent. Receptacle ± turbinate c. 3 mm. long, suddenly expanded above; sepals ovate-triangular; petals suborbicular, white to pink; filaments slender ± 7-9 mm. long, white to pink. Ovary adnate to and exceeded by receptacle. Capsule subglobose, ± 3-4 mm. diam., exceeded by receptacle-rim.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.