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Genus: Metrosideros Life
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Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Myrtaceae
About 60 species, native to Australia, New Zealand, Malay Archipelago, and
to southern Africa where there is one species: Metrosideros angustifolia
(Lance-leaved myrtle). In addition, there are two species
cultivated in southern Africa one of which, Metrosideros excelsa (New
Zealand christmas tree, New Zealand bottlebrush, Pohutukawa), is a
declared Category 3 invasive plant
in South Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Metrosideros excelsa (New
Zealand christmas tree, New Zealand bottlebrush, Pohutukawa)
Native to New Zealand. cultivated in southern Africa and although not
recorded as naturalised, it is a
declared Category 3 invasive plant
in South Africa. |
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Metrosideros kermadecensis
Native to New Zealand. |
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