MyrtaceaeSubfamily Heteropyxideae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Metrosideros excelsa Banks ex Gaertn.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas Tree
- Family: Myrtaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: New Zealand
- Habitat: Coastal forests in North and Three Kings Islands
- Description: Although common in cultivation and even considered an invasive alien in parts of South Africa, the native populations of Pōhutukawa are in serious decline, primarily due to an alien species, the Australian brushtail possum.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 200500008
- Source: Chad Husby - FIU
- Accession Date: 01-28-2005
- Bench: 2308 - Temperate Australia / New Zealand
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-27-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: rosids
- Order: Myrtales
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- Family: Myrtaceae
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References:UC Botany Photo of the Day - visited 1 NOV 2006
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