Metrosideros polymorpha

Metrosideros polymorpha

Metrosideros polymorpha

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 polymorpha
Varietates: M. p. var. dieteri – M. p. var. glaberrima – M. p. var. imbricata – M. p. var. macrophylla – M. p. var. newellii – M. p. var. polymorpha – M. p. var. pseudorugosa – M. p. var. pumila

Name

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich., 1826

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha (Gaudich.) Rock in Bot. Bull. Hawaii Board Agric. For. 4: 47 (1917)
  • Nania polymorpha (Gaudich.) A.Heller in Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 864 (1894)

Homonyms

• Metrosideros polymorpha J.R.Forst. ex Hook.f. in Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 73 (1864), nom. illeg. vide Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv. in Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 59: 422 (1928)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Regional: Northern Central Pacific Hawaii References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1826–1830. Voyage autour du Monde, Entrepis par Ordre du Roi, Exécuté sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Botanique. Imprimerie Royale. 522 pp. BHL Reference page. : 109

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A., Sobral, M., Ashton, P.S., Barrie, F.R., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.R., Matsumoto, K., Mazine, F.F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C.E.B., Soares-Silva, L.H., Wilson, P.G. & Lucas, E. 2008. World Checklist of Myrtaceae. 455 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-391-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Metrosideros polymorpha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Metrosideros polymorpha. Published online. Accessed: June 14 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Metrosideros polymorpha. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 14. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Metrosideros polymorpha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 June 2024.

Vernacular names

مصرى: لهوع
العربية: لهوع
English: ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
עברית: ברזילי גבעות פולינזי
日本語: オヒアレフア
русский: Охиа
中文: 多型鐵心木

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