Metrosideros perforata

Metrosideros perforata,[1] also known as white rata, climbing rata, akatea[2] or Akatorotoro,[3] is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand. It is one of three white flowering rātā vines (the others being large white rātā and white rātā).

Metrosideros perforata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Metrosideros
Species:
M. perforata
Binomial name
Metrosideros perforata
(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce
Synonyms

Leptospermum perforatum
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melaleuca perforata
(J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) G.Forst.
Metrosideros scandens
Sol. ex Gaertn.
Metrosideros tenuifolia
Colenso
Metrosideros vesiculata
Colenso

An example of a specific location of occurrence is within New Zealand's Hamilton Ecological District in association with such alliant understory plants as Blechnum discolor, Blechnum filiforme and Doodia media.[4]

See also

References
  1. Simpson, P. 2005. Pōhutukawa and Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees. Te Papa Press. 346 pp.
  2. "akatea". Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. Tipa, Rob. "He Aitaka a Tāne The binding powers of Akatorotoro are easily overlooked". Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine


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