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:
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

Additional references

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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