Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson, Illust. Dict. Gard. 2, 149 (1885)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Carumbium polyandrum Müll.Arg., Flora 47: 434 (1864)
- = Carumbium polyandrum Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 248 (1864) nom. inval.
Description
Glabrous tree, 3–9 m high. Twigs rounded, slightly ribbed. Lvs broadly ovate, truncate to cordate at base, rarely perfoliate, acute at apex, (3)–5–15–(20) cm long, usually turning red in cooler part of year; seedling lvs broadly ovate, truncate or cordate at base, sometimes perfoliate; petioles > or ± = blade; stipules soon deciduous. Racemes up to 17 cm long, usually with few solitary long-pedicellate ♀ fls below or at base and many solitary short-pedicellate ♂ fls above (racemes occasionally unisexual); each fl. subtended by a bract and 2 prominent glands at the base of the pedicel. ♂ fls: stamens c. 30–35; perianth segments 1. ♀ fls: ovary 3-celled; styles 3. Fr. ± smooth, 3-angled, reddish, 10–12 mm diam.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Fruiting: Jan.–Dec.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]
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