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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Myrsine chathamica F.Muell., Veg. Chatham Isl. 38, t. 7 (1864)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Suttonia chathamica (F.Muell.) Mez in Engler, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 333 (1902)
- ≡ Rapanea chathamica (F.Muell.) W.R.B. Oliver, Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 4: 112 (1951)
Vernacular Name(s):
Chatham Island mapou
Description
Tree up to ± 6 m. tall; bark dark, branchlets clad in short stiff hairs. Lvs on petioles ± 5 mm. long. Lamina 2–7·5 × 1·5–4 cm., flat, obovate to elliptic or broad-elliptic, obtuse (occ. lvs emarginate), entire, coriac., sts pubescent on midnerve. Infl. of several-fld fascicles or fls occ. solitary. Fls ± 3 mm. diam., unisexual; pedicels up to 6·5 mm. long in fr. Calyx-lobes 4, deltoid, ciliolate; petals 4, free, oblong, fimbriate; stigma sessile, capitate. Fr. (5)–9 mm. diam., purplish.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Fruiting: Aug.–Jan.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
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. [Not Threatened]
Engler, H.G.A. 1902: Das Pflanzenreich (Engler). Vol. 9.
Mueller, F.J.H. 1864: The vegetation of the Chatham Islands. Government Printer, Melbourne.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1951: The flora of the Three Kings Islands: additional notes: with note on Suttonia. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 4: 111–112.
