Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sambucus L., Sp. Pl. 269-270 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Elder
 Description

Deciduous shrubs or small trees, sometimes herbaceous, often spreading by suckers. Stems with thick pith. Winter buds with several pairs of scales. Lvs imparipinnate, stipulate or exstipulate. Fls in terminal corymbs or panicles, regular, (3)–5-merous, small. Calyx lobes very small. Corolla rotate. Stamens as many as corolla lobes, rarely 1 very reduced; filaments short and usually < corolla. Ovary 3–5-celled. Style very short or 0; stigma 3–5-lobed. Fr. a berry-like drupe with 3–5, compressed pyrenes.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Sambucus L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total2
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.