MyrtaceaeSubfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Eucalypteae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Leptospermeae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Melaleuceae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Metrosidereae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Myrteae
Subfamily Myrtoideae
Tribe Syzygieae
Subfamily Psiloxyloideae
Tribe Heteropyxideae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Metrosideros excelsa Banks ex Gaertn.
- 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: 3311 - W Bench
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-31-2013
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: rosids
- Order: Myrtales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Myrtaceae
- SubFamily: Myrtoideae
- Tribe: Metrosidereae
- SubTribe:
References:UC Botany Photo of the Day - visited 1 NOV 2006
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