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- ≡ Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 338 (1832)
- = Leptospermum ericoides var. pubescens Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 1: 146–147 (1869)
- = Leptospermum ericoides var. linearis Kirk, Forest. Fl. New Zealand 125 (1889)
- ≡ Leptospermum lineatum (Kirk) Cockayne, Report Dune. N. Zeal. 38 (1911)
- ≡ Kunzea ericoides var. linearis (Kirk) W.Harris in Connor & Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 143 (1987)
- ≡ Kunzea linearis (Kirk) de Lange & Toelken in de Lange, PhytoKeys 40: 98-112 (2014)
- = Leptospermum sinclairii Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 158 (1899)
- ≡ Kunzea sinclairii (Kirk) W.Harris in Connor & Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 134 (1987)
- = Kunzea ericoides var. microflora (G.Simpson) W.Harris (1987)
- = Kunzea amathicola de Lange & Toelken in de Lange, PhytoKeys 40: 112-127 (2014)
- = Kunzea robusta de Lange & Toelken in de Lange, PhytoKeys 40: 155-175 (2014)
- = Kunzea salterae de Lange, PhytoKeys 40: 80-89 (2014)
- = Kunzea serotina de Lange & Toelken in de Lange, PhytoKeys 40: 47-61 (2014)
- = Kunzea tenuicaulis de Lange, PhytoKeys 40: 62-80 (2014)
- = Kunzea toelkenii de Lange, PhytoKeys 40: 94-98 (2014)
- = Kunzea triregensis de Lange, PhytoKeys 40: 127-136 (2014)
Shrub of diverse habit, or tree up to 15 m. tall or more; trunk up to 6 dm. or more diam.; bark brown, thin, shedding in long flakes. Branchlets sparsely to rather densely clad in appressed hairs when young. Lvs in fascicles of 3–5 or solitary, ± 4–12 × 1–2 mm., linear to narrow-lanceolate, acute, not pungent, glab. or sparsely silky-hairy when young; margins sts ciliolate. Fls 3–5–(7) mm. diam., axillary, on slender pedicels up to c. 5 mm. long, in 2–5-fld cymes to solitary. Receptacle narrow-turbinate; sepals ovate, acute, persistent; petals suborbicular, ± 2 mm. diam., shortly clawed. Capsules about equalling to slightly exceeding receptacle-rim, 2–4 mm. diam.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich.]