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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Corokia macrocarpa Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 224 (1899)
Vernacular Name(s):
Hakataka; Hokataka; Whakatata
Description
Shrub or tree up to 6 m. tall; branches rather stout; bark dark, rough. Lvs alt., coriac.; lamina 4–8 × 1·5–3·5 cm., on stout petiole up to c. 1 cm. long; shade lvs sts up to 15 × 4·5 cm.; fully exposed lvs sts reduced to 2.5 cm. long; obovate-cuneate to broad-oblanceolate to elliptic-oblong, apiculate. Racemes c. 3 cm. long, axillary; fls up to 1 cm. diam. Calyx-segs ovate-attenuate, c. 3 mm. long; petals bright yellow, 5–6 mm. long, lanceolate-oblong, acute. Fr. nearly 1 cm. long, red.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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.
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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]
Kirk,T. 1899: The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands. Government Printer, Wellington, N.Z.
