Kunzea salterae

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Kunzea salterae
Kunzea salterae in Auckland Botanic Gardens.jpg
Kunzea salterae in Auckland Botanic Gardens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Kunzea
Species:
K. salterae
Binomial name
Kunzea salterae

Kunzea salterae, also known by the Maori name moutohora kanuka, [2] is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Moutohora Island in New Zealand. It is a much-branched shrub or small spreading tree with needle-like leaves, sprays of white flowers and small cup-shaped or urn-shaped fruit.

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Description

Kunzea salterae is a densely-branched shrub or small tree which grows to a height of 0.1–10 m (0.3–30 ft) with a pendulous or spreading crown 2–6 m (7–20 ft) wide. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, 4–18 mm (0.2–0.7 in) long and 0.6–2 mm (0.02–0.08 in) wide. The flowers are white and arranged in groups of between two and eight and the individual flowers are 7–12.5 mm (0.3–0.5 in) in diameter on pedicels 1–3 mm (0.04–0.1 in) long. The five sepals are triangular, about 1 mm (0.04 in) long and wide and the five petals are more or less round, about 1.5 mm (0.06 in) long and wide. Flowering occurs between August and April and the fruit is a dry, cup-shaped to urn-shaped capsule 2–3 mm (0.08–0.1 in) long and 2–4 mm (0.08–0.2 in) wide. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Kunzea salterae was first formally described in 2014 by Peter James de Lange and the description was published in PhytoKeys . [1] [3] The specific epithet (salterae) honours Josh Salter (born 1946) of Auckland. [3]

Distribution and habitat

This kunzea grows in shrubland and regenerating forest on Moutohora Island. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Kunzea salterae is listed as "threatened - nationally vulnerable" under the New Zealand threat classification series 3. [2]

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<i>Kunzea newbeyi</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Kunzea rostrata</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Kunzea recurva</i> Species of shrub

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<i>Kunzea obovata</i> Species of shrub

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<i>Kunzea badjaensis</i> Species of shrub

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<i>Kunzea flavescens</i> Species of shrub

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<i>Kunzea linearis</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Kunzea opposita</i> Species of shrub

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kunzea salterae". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. 1 2 3 4 de Lange, Peter J. "Kunzea salterae". New Zealand Plant conservation Network. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 de Lange, Peter (2014). "A revision of the New Zealand Kunzea ericoides (Myrtaceae) complex". PhytoKeys (40): 1–185. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.40.7973. PMC   4154306 . PMID   25197228 . Retrieved 11 April 2019.