Geniostoma ligustrifolium

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; A.Cunn.

Last updated July 19, 2025

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.

References

↑ 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.
↑ "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.
1 2 "Hangehange (Geniostoma ligustrifolium)". T.E.R:R.A.I.N. June 21, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
↑ 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 (1): 115–170. Bibcode:1987NZJB...25..115C. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.1987.10409961 .

External links

Media related to Geniostoma rupestre var. ligustrifolium at Wikimedia Commons
Museum of New Zealand Object: Hangehange, Geniostoma rupestre var. ligustrifolium (A.Cunn.) B.J.Conn; paralectotype of Geniostoma ligustrifolium A.Cunn.

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[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.

[terrain-3] 1 2 "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 (1): 115–170. Bibcode:1987NZJB...25..115C. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.1987.10409961 .

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