Geniostoma ligustrifolium

Geniostoma ligustrifolium,[1][2][3] commonly known as hangehange, is a species of plant in the Loganiaceae family (syn., Geniostoma rupestre var. ligustrifolium).[4] It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found on the North Island, and in Marlborough at the northern tip of the South Island.[3] Other common names are pāpā and privet leaf. A shrub common on forest margins, to 4 metres (13 ft) tall. It is popular as a garden specimen.

Geniostoma ligustrifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Loganiaceae
Genus: Geniostoma
Species:
G. ligustrifolium
Binomial name
Geniostoma ligustrifolium

References

  1. Peter J. de Lange, John W. D. Sawyer & Jeremy R. Rolfe (July 2006). "New Zealand indigenous vascular plant checklist" (PDF). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.
  2. "Hangehange, pāpā, privet leaf". Flowering seed plants: North and South Islands. University of Auckland. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  3. "Hangehange (Geniostoma ligustrifolium)". T.E.R:R.A.I.N. June 21, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  4. H. E. Connor & E. Edgar (1987). "Name changes in the indigenous New Zealand flora, 1960–1986 and Nomina Nova IV, 1983–1986". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 25: 115–170. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1987.10409961.


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