Metrosideros collina

Metrosideros collina

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 collina

Name

• Metrosideros collina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) A.Gray, U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 558. (1854)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Leptospermum collinum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl.: 72. (1776)
• Homotypic
  • Nania collina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 242. (1891)

References

• Dawson, J.W. 1970. Pacific capsular Myrtaceae. II. The Metrosideros complex: M. collina group. Blumea, 18: 441–445.
• Dawson, M. 2011. The origin of Metrosideros ‘Spring Fire’? New Zealand Garden Journal, 14(2): 4–7. Full article
• Smith, A.C. 1973:.Studies of Pacific island plants. XXVI. Metrosideros collina (Myrtaceae) and its relatives in the southern Pacific. American Journal of Botany, 60(5): 479–490. JSTOR
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Metrosideros collina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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