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Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.

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Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 172, t. 34, f. 11 (1788)
Metrosideros albiflora 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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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Sol. ex Gaertn.
Gaertn.
Gaertner, J. 1788: De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum. Vol. 1. Stuttgart.
1788
172, t. 34, f. 11
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Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
species
Metrosideros albiflora

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Myrtaceae
Metrosideros
albiflora

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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 albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.

Liane up to 10 m. or more tall; branchlets terete, often drooping. Lvs on stout petioles 2-4 mm. long; lamina coriac., glab., elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, rather abruptly narrowed to acute or subacute apex, 35-90 × 20-35 mm. Infl. of large terminal compound cymes with ∞ fls. Receptacle urceolate to funnelform, 8 × 5 mm., exceeding ovary; sepals ovate, obtuse, reflexed, ± 2 mm. long; petals white, suborbicular, ± 5 × 5 mm., ± pubescent; stamens whitish, 15-25 mm. long. Ovary adnate to receptacle; capsule urceolate ± 6-9 mm. diam.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.

2n = 22

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Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros diffusa A.Cunn.
Metrosideros diffusa A.Cunn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.

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Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
1 Link to an external page
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
34 Link to an external page
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
23 Link to an external page

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f2e9176e-6861-4241-87db-86896ed100a3
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 October 2021
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