Metrosideros umbellata

Metrosideros umbellata

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 umbellata

Name

Metrosideros umbellata Cav., Icon. 4:20, t. 337. 1797

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Agalmanthus umbellata (Cav.) Hombr. & Jacquinot in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville, Voy. Pôle Sud, Atlas: 78 (1845).
• Heterotypic
  • Melaleuca lucida G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 38 (1786), nom. illeg.
  • Metrosideros lucida A.Rich. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe 1: 333 (1832).
  • Nania lucida (A.Rich.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 242 (1891).

References

• de Lange, P.J. 1994: Southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata) confirmed from Mt Pirongia, western Waikato. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 49(2): 57–59. PDF Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Metrosideros umbellata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Südinsel-Eisenholz
English: Southern Rātā
Māori: Rātā

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