Metrosideros ochrantha

Metrosideros ochrantha
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Metrosideros
Species: M. ochrantha
Binomial name
Metrosideros ochrantha
A.C. Smith[1]

Metrosideros ochrantha is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family.

This small tree is endemic to Fiji and is restricted to Mt Kasi and its vicinity on Vanua Levu. It occurs in dense low forest between 300 and 430 m.[2]

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References

  1. Smith, Albert C. Studies of Pacific island plants. XXVI. Metrosideros collina (Myrtaceae) and its relatives in the southern Pacific. American Journal of Botany (1973): 479-490.
  2. Listing for Metrosideros ochrantha on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed on 5 November 2012.