Metrosideros perforata
Metrosideros perforata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Metrosideros |
Species: | M. perforata |
Binomial name | |
Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce | |
Synonyms | |
Leptospermum perforatum |
Metrosideros perforata,[1] commonly called white rata, climbing rata or akatea[2], is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand. It is one of three white flowering rātā vines (the others being large white rātā and white rātā)
An example of a specific location of occurrence is within New Zealand's Hamilton Ecological District in association with such alliant understory plants as Blechnum discolor, Blechnum filiforme and Doodia media.[3]
References
- ↑ Simpson, P. 2005. Pōhutukawa and Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees. Te Papa Press. 346 pp.
- ↑ "akatea". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
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