Biology:Metrosideros elegans

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Short description: Species of tree

Metrosideros elegans
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Metrosideros
Species:
M. elegans
Binomial name
Metrosideros elegans
(Montrouz.) Beauvis.[1]
Synonyms
  • Carpolepis elegans (Montrouz.) JWDawson[2]
  • Ballardia elegans Montrouz.[3]

Metrosideros elegans is a species of plant endemic to New Caledonia in the family Myrtaceae. The tree has yellow flowers and grows most commonly between about 300 and 1,500 metres altitude in forest or shrubland. It is sometimes epiphyte at first.[4]

Cultivars

There are no known cultivars of M. elegans available, and the plant is not widely available in plant nurseries.

References

  1. Beauvis. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 26: 39 1901
  2. (Montrouz.) J.W. Dawson, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, sér. 4 6: 466 1984 [1985]
  3. Montrouz. 19220+ser. 2+ 10: 205 1860
  4. Dawson, J.W. (1972). "Pacific capsular Myrtaceae 5. The Metrosideros Complex: M. elegans Group". Blumea 20 (2): 323–326. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/564984. Retrieved 27 September 2015. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15372850 entry