Metrosideros collina

Metrosideros collina
Metrosideros collina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Metrosideros
Species: M. collina
Binomial name
Metrosideros collina
(J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray
Synonyms

Leptospermum collinum J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
M. Collina var villosa in Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart

Metrosideros collina (vunga) is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the Marquesas Islands, Society Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.[1] In the Samoa Islands, the plant is indigenous to the islands of Savai'i, Upolu and Tutuila.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by botanist Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster in 1775. It was given the name Leptospermum collinum.[1]

There are two varieties:[1]

  • Metrosideros collina var. collina
  • Metrosideros collina var. villosa

See also

  • Samoan plant names

References

  1. ^ a b c "Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401770. Retrieved 2009-04-18. 
  2. ^ Whistler, W. Arthur (1978). "Vegetation of the Montane Region of Savai'i, Western Samoa". Pacific Science (The University Press of Hawai'i) 32 (1): 90. http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/1423/1/v32n1-79-94.pdf. Retrieved 10 July, 2010. 
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