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Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 172, t. 34, f. 8 (1788)
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
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
Political Region

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Sol. ex Gaertn.
Gaertn.
Gaertner, J. 1788: De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum. Vol. 1. Stuttgart.
1788
172, t. 34, f. 8
ICN
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
species
Metrosideros excelsa

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Metrosideros
excelsa

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Ascomycota
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Coriscium neozelandicum Zahlbr.
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is host of
Earina aestivalis Cheeseman
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is host of
Leptogium (Ach.) Gray
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is host of
Macromitrium brevicaule (Besch.) Broth.
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is host of
Macromitrium gracile (Hook.) Schwägr.
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is host of
Macromitrium prorepens (Hook.) Schwägr.
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is host of
Parmotrema mellissii (C.W.Dodge) Hale
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is host of
Pittosporum cornifolium A.Cunn.
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is host of
Pseudocyphellaria aurata (Ach.) Vain.
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is host of
Pseudocyphellaria crocata (L.) Vain.
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is host of
Pseudocyphellaria pickeringii (Tuck.) D.J.Galloway
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is host of
Pseudocyphellaria wilkinsii D.J.Galloway
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is host of
Pyxine subcinerea Stirt.
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is host of
Ramalina Ach.
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is host of
Ramalina celastri (Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow
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is host of
Ramalina pacifica Asahina
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is host of
Rimelia austrocetrata (Elix & J.Johnst.) Hale & A.Fletcher
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is host of
Rimelia reticulata (Taylor) Hale & A.Fletcher
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is host of
Rinodina (Ach.) Gray
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is host of
Sticta squamata D.J.Galloway
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Thelotrema Ach.
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Usnea Dill. ex Adans.
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Usnea oncodes Stirt.
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Usnea rubicunda Stirt.
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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 excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

Tree up to 20 m. tall; trunk up to 2 m. diam.; branches spreading; branchlets stout, tomentose. Lvs on short stout petioles; lamina (2.5)-5-10 × 2.5-3-5 cm., elliptic to oblong, acute or obtuse, coriac., thick, clad in white tomentum below (young plants occ. glab. below). Infl. of broad compound cymes with ∞ fls; pedicels stout, tomentose. Receptacle obconic; sepals deltoid; petals crimson, oblong. Stamens ∞, crimson, 3-4 cm. long. Ovary adnate to receptacle. Capsules 7-9 mm. long, tomentose, distinctly exserted, loculicidally 3-valved.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

2n = 22
2n = 22

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Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Howell, C. (2008)
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros tomentosa A.Rich.
Metrosideros tomentosa A.Rich.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

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Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
New Zealand
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Canterbury Land District
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Gisborne Land District
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Hawke's Bay Land District
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Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
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Marlborough Land District
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Nelson Land District
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Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
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North Auckland Land District
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South Auckland Land District
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Taranaki Land District
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Wellington Land District
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Spain
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Metrosideros tomentosa A.Rich.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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a26e4f42-7329-4705-822c-7354deab174e
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 October 2021
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