Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Chloranthales R.Br.
Family
Chloranthaceae R.Br. ex Sims
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ascarina J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 59 (1775)
 Description

Plant dioec.; fls minute, subtended by 3 bracts (then stamen 1) or 1 bract (then stamens 2); spikes simple or branched; per. 0. Anther sessile, 2-celled; ovary with sessile stigma; fr. a small drupe.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Ascarina J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1775: Characteres Generum Plantarum:quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775. Edition 1. London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.