Myrtaceae
Metrosideros

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.

First published in Voy. Uranie: t. 109 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hawaiian Islands. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proença, C. & al. (2008). World Checklist of Myrtaceae: 1-455. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Balgooy, V.; Stuessy [4142] K004400479 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [33646] United States K004400468 Yes
Balgooy, V.; Stuessy [4139] K004400480 Yes
Whistler, W.A. [W4086] K004400478 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [34316a] United States K004400467 Yes
[Clarence nihei] [s.n.] United States K004400472 Yes
Croat, T.B. [44883] K004400474 Yes
Croat, T.B. [44841] K004400475 Yes
van Royen, P. [10130] United States K004400471 Yes
St. John, H.; Cowan, R.S. [22307] United States K004400466 Yes
Heller, A.A. [2738] United States K000793819 Isotype Yes
Darwin, S.P. [1174] United States K004400476 Yes
Degener, O. [12540] United States K004400470 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Stewart, W.S. [71/1074] United States K004400481 Yes
Heller, A.A. [2738] United States K000793820 Unknown Type Material Yes
St John, H.; Mitchell, A.L. [21095] United States K004400473 Yes
Melville, R.; [R. M. Kodachrrme] [662] United States K004400482 Yes
van Royen, P. [11707] K004400477 Yes
Bernardi [10465] Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha K004400457 Yes
Guppy [s.n.] Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha K004400458 Yes
Stauffer, H.U.; Gillett, G.W. [5857] Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha K004400462 Yes
Degener, O.; [Isa Degene [30774] Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha K004400460 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [30763] United States Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha K004400461 Yes
Guppy [s.n.] Metrosideros collina subsp. polymorpha K004400459 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0