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

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Endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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Sol. ex Gaertn.
Gaertn.
1788
172, t. 34, f. 8
ICN
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
species
Metrosideros excelsa

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excelsa

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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.

Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

2n = 22
2n = 22

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Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros tomentosa A.Rich.
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

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Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
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Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
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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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