Metrosideros excelsa Banks ex Gaertn.
- Common Name: Pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas Tree
- Family: Myrtaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: New Zealand North Island
- 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.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 200500008
- Source: Chad Husby - FIU
- Accession Date: 01-28-2005
- Bench: 2312 - NZ/Australia - Low
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-06-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: rosids
- Order: Myrtales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Myrtaceae
- SubFamily: Myrtoideae
- Tribe: Metrosidereae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
References (external):
- UC Botany Photo of the Day - visited 1 NOV 2006
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.
- WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.
data regenerated on Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:25:06 -0400 [bcm v4.0]