Class
Order
Family
Semi-prostrate shrubs to medium-sized trees, with vegetative parts glabrous. Lvs often dotted with glands, entire or serrate, often viscid in bud. Fls usually in fascicles, sometimes solitary. Calyx segments (4)–5–(6), imbricate. Corolla tube mostly < lobes; lobes usually 5, subequal or slightly 2-lipped, ± white. Ovary usually 2–4-locular with usually 1–(2) ovules per locule. Fr. a ± succulent drupe, generally white to purple.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Total | 5 |