Metrosideros excelsa
Sign in to saveAlso known as pohutukawa, pohutukawa tree, pōhutukawa, pōhutukawa tree, New Zealand Christmas tree, iron tree
thumb|Botanical illustration of a pōhutukawa sprig by Ellen Cheeseman Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree, or iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow or white) flowers, each consisting of a mass of stamens. The pōhutukawa is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand. Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, it has found an important place in New Zealand culture for its str
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SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMyrtaceae
Metrosideros excelsa ist eine Pflanzenart innerhalb der Familie der Myrtengewächse (Myrtaceae). Er wird auch New Zealand Christmas Tree oder wie viele andere Pflanzenarten auch Eisenholzbaum genannt. Der Trivialname Pōhutukawa stammt von den Māori.[1] Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung 2 Verbreitung 3 Gefährdung 4 Nutzung und Mythologie 5 Literatur 6 Weblinks 7 Einzelnachweise Beschreibung Metrosideros excelsa wächst als immergrüner, öfters mehrstämmiger Baum, der gewöhnlich Wuchshöhen von 15 bis über 20 Metern erreicht. Die meist große, ausladende Baumkrone ist rund ausgebildet. Einzelstehende größere Exemplare bilden Luftwurzeln aus, um die weit ausragende Krone besser zu stützen. Der kurze Stamm erreicht Durchmesser von 2 bis 3 Metern. Die bräunliche bis gräuliche Borke ist rissig oder furchig bis in Streifen abblätternd. Die einfachen, dickledrigen und kurz gestielten Laubblätter sind kreuzgegenständig oder in Büscheln angeordnet und 4–10 Zentimeter lang. Sie sind eiförmig bis verkehrt-eiförmig, ganzrandig und unterseits weißlich behaart sowie rundspitzig bis spitz. Die zwittrigen, dickgestielten Blüten sind fünfzählig mit doppelter Blütenhülle. Die außen dicht weißlich behaarte
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 143
- With media
- 84
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Collections
- CAS, USU, CSLA, CM, BRY, SBBG
- Recorded in
- United States, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- tree
- Parent taxon
- Metrosideros
- Named after
- Christmas tree
- Image
- PohutukawaCornwallis.jpg
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- taxon common name
- 高大铁心木
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- Metrosideros excelsa
- taxon name
- Metrosideros excelsa
- endemic to
- New Zealand
- short name
- M. excelsa
- taxon range
- New Zealand
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Distribution
- Conservation
- Uses
- Cultivation
- Iconic pōhutukawa
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Botanical illustration of a pōhutukawa sprig by Ellen Cheeseman Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree, or iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow or white) flowers, each consisting of a mass of stamens. The pōhutukawa is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand. Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, it has found an important place in New Zealand culture for its strength and beauty, and is regarded as a chiefly tree ('') by Māori.
==Etymology== The generic name Metrosideros derives from the Ancient Greek '' or 'heartwood' and '''' or 'iron'. The species name excelsa is from Latin '''', 'highest, sublime'. ' is a Māori word. Its closest equivalent in other Polynesian languages is the Cook Island Māori word ', referring to a coastal shrub with white berries, Sophora tomentosa. The -hutu- part of the word comes from '', the Polynesian name for the fish-poison tree (Barringtonia asiatica''; compare with and ), which has flowers similar to those of the pōhutukawa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metrosideros excelsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.