Metrosideros scandens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

Details

Name scientific

Metrosideros scandens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4 Suppl.: 635 (1917)

Preferred name

Metrosideros fulgens Sol. ex Gaertn.

Taxonomy reference

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

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Druce

Original authors

J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Authors

(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

Publication place

Druce, G. C. 1917 ("1916"): Nomenclatural Notes: Chiefly African and Australian. Report / Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles for 1916, 4 Suppl.: 601–653.

Year published

1917

Publication page

635

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Leptospermum scandens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Metrosideros scandens

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Myrtales

Family

Myrtaceae

Genus

Metrosideros

Species

scandens

Descriptions

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

Metrosideros scandens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

Description

Liane up to 10 m. long or more, with main stem up to 10 cm. or more diam.; bark separating in flakes. Lvs on stout petioles c. 2-5 mm. long; lamina coriac., 35-60-(75) × (10)-25 mm., about elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glab. Infl. of terminal cymes; receptacles obconic to urceolate, glab., ± 12 mm. long, ribbed. Sepals oblong, obtuse; petals suborbicular, us. orange-red; stamens ± scarlet, 20-25 mm. long. Ovary adnate to receptacle and much exceeded by it. Capsule deeply immersed, ± 10 × 10 mm., dehiscing irregularly.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Metrosideros scandens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

Metrosideros scandens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Notes

Note type

editorial

Note text

non Sol. ex Gaertn.

Note reference

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

Metadata

Record id

afd585e6-d1d2-4c2d-8adb-927bb2bc02f9

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

29 March 2004

Date last updated

30 October 2023

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