| Alseuosmia | |
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| Alseuosmia macrophylla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Alseuosmiaceae |
| Genus: | Alseuosmia A.Cunn. |
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Alseuosmia is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Alseuosmiaceae, growing in New Zealand's North Island [1] and in the northern parts of the South Island. [2] Species members are characteristically small evergreen shrubs. [3] An example occurrence of species representative Alseuosmia macrophylla is in the habitat of the Hamilton Ecological District, where Blechnum discolor and B. filiforme are understory elements with a Nothofagus truncata and Dacrydium cupressinum overstory. [4]
Alseuosmia was first described in 1839 from specimens collected in Northland forests by Cunningham. [1] Other species are A. banksii , A. pusilla , A. quercifolia , and A. turneri . [1]
A. quercifolia is the most common of the species in lowland native forest of Waikato, sometimes known as A. Hakarimata. It is an endemic shrub, found north of 38°05’S, up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) tall, [1] though usually under 1 m (3 ft 3 in). It has red or pink flowers of 5 petals, [5] clustered at base of leaves, [6] giving a strong scent. [7]
