Metrosideros excelsa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Myrtaceae
Subfamilia: Myrtoideae
Tribus: Metrosidereae
Genus: Metrosideros
Species: Metrosideros excelsa

Name

Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn., 1788

References

  • Bylsma, R.J.; Clarkson, B.D.; Efford, J.T. 2014: Biological flora of New Zealand 14: Metrosideros excelsa, pōhutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree. New Zealand journal of botany, 52(3): 365–385. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2014.926278 Reference page. 
  • Cooper, R.C. 1954: Pohutukawa x rata. Variation in Metrosideros (Myrtaceae) on Rangitoto Island, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(4): 205–211. [Publication date: 12 February 1954]
  • Joseph Gaertner: De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum.... i. 172. t. 34. f. 8.

Vernacular names

English: New Zealand Christmas Tree
suomi: Maorihehkupuu
Māori: Pohutukawa, Hutukawa, Kahika
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