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

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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(G.Forst.) Sm.
G.Forst.
Sm.
1797
268
ICN
species
Metrosideros diffusa

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diffusa

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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.

Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.

2n = 22
2n = 22

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Melaleuca diffusa G.Forst.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
Metrosideros hypericifolia A.Cunn.
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.

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Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
[Not available]
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
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Egmont-Wanganui
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
[Not available]
Fiord
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.
[Not available]
Ruahine-Cook

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7496e91f-9f26-4d3c-a0ad-ea6f8f0d908a
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 March 2004
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