Scientific or common name:

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. prostrata (Rock) H. St. John

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MYRTACEAE - Myrtle family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. prostrata (Rock) H. St. John
Rank: variety
See: ► Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pumila (A. Heller) Skottsb.

Images of Metrosideros polymorpha var. prostrata

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Common names

U.S. name: 'ohi'a lehua

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Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pumila (A. Heller) Skottsb.
= Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. prostrata Rock
= Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. pumila (A. Heller) Rock
= Metrosideros pumila (A. Heller) Hochr.
= Metrosideros pumila (A. Heller) Hochr. var. makanoiensis Hochr.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Metrosideros
Species:

1) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray ssp. polymorpha (Gaudich.) Rock 2) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. glaberrima (Levl.) Rock 3) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. glabrifolia (A. Heller) Rock 4) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. haleakalensis Rock 5) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. hemilanata Hochr. 6) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. imbricata Rock 7) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. incana (Levl.) Rock 8) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. macrophylla Rock 9) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. newellii Rock 10) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. prostrata Rock 11) Metrosideros collina (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. pumila (A. Heller) Rock 12) Metrosideros collina auct. non (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray 13) Metrosideros glomulifera Sm. 14) Metrosideros macropus Hook. & Arn. 15) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. 16) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. ssp. glaberrima (Levl.) Skottsb. 17) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. ssp. glabrifolia (A. Heller) Skottsb. 18) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. ssp. imbricata (Rock) Skottsb. 19) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. ssp. incana (Levl.) Skottsb. 20) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. ssp. micrantha Skottsb. 21) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. dieteri J.W. Dawson & Stemmermann 22) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. fauriei (Levl.) Skottsb. 23) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. glaberrima (Levl.) H. St. John 24) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. glabrifolia (A. Heller) H. St. John 25) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. haleakalensis (Rock) H. St. John 26) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. hemilanata (Hochr.) H. St. John 27) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. imbricata (Rock) H. St. John 28) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. incana (Levl.) Skottsb. 29) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. macrophylla (Rock) H. St. John 30) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. macrostemon Skottsb. 31) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. micrantha (Skottsb.) H. St. John 32) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. newellii (Rock) H. St. John 33) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. nuda Skottsb. 34) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. parviflora Skottsb. 35) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. polymorpha 36) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. prostrata (Rock) H. St. John 37) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pseudorugosa Skottsb. 38) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pumila (A. Heller) Skottsb. 39) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. sericea (Rock) Skottsb. 40) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. subimbricata Skottsb. 41) Metrosideros pumila (A. Heller) Hochr. 42) Metrosideros pumila (A. Heller) Hochr. var. makanoiensis Hochr. 43) Metrosideros rugosa A. Gray 44) Metrosideros tremuloides (A. Heller) P. Knuth 45) Metrosideros waialealae (Rock) Rock 46) Metrosideros waialealae (Rock) Rock var. fauriei (Levl.) J.W. Dawson & Stemmermann 47) Metrosideros waialealae (Rock) Rock var. waialealae

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Genera (Myrtaceae)
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1) Amomis (pimenta) 2) Anamomis (myrcianthes) 3) Aulomyrcia (rodwood) 4) Baeckea 5) Callistemon (bottlebrush) 6) Calothamnus (netbush) 7) Calyptranthes (mountainbay) 8) Calyptropsidium (guava) 9) Calytrix 10) Caryophyllus (syzygium) 11) Chamelaucium 12) Corymbia 13) Decaspermum 14) Eucalyptus (gum) 15) Eugenia (stopper) 16) Feijoa 17) Gomidesia 18) Jambosa (syzygium) 19) Kunzea 20) Leptospermum (teatree) 21) Lophostemon 22) Luma (stopper) 23) Marlierea 24) Melaleuca 25) Metrosideros (lehua) 26) Mosiera (guava) 27) Myrceugenia (stopper) 28) Myrcia (rodwood) 29) Myrcianthes 30) Myrciaria (guavaberry) 31) Myrtella 32) Myrtus 33) Pimenta 34) Plinia (marlierea) 35) Pseudanamomis 36) Psidium (guava) 37) Rhodomyrtus 38) Siphoneugena 39) Syncarpia (turpentine tree) 40) Syzygium 41) Tristania (lophostemon) 42) Tristaniopsis 43) Ugni (u±i)

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Common names (Metrosideros)
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1) 'ohi'a (Metrosideros macropus) 2) 'ohi'a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) 3) Kauai bottlebrush (Metrosideros waialealae) 4) Lehua 'ahihi (Metrosideros tremuloides) 5) Lehua papa (Metrosideros rugosa) 6) Turpentine tree (Metrosideros glomulifera)

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More species:
1) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. sericea (Rock) Skottsb. [92]
2) Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. subimbricata Skottsb. [126]
3) Metrosideros pumila (A. Heller) Hochr. [135]
4) Metroxylon rumphii (Willd.) Mart. [136]
5) Meyenia erecta Benth. [135]
6) Micarea botryoides (Nyl.) Coppins [358]
7) Micarea globularis (Ach. ex Nyl.) Hedl. [106]
8) Michelia champaca L. [1198]
9) Miconia splendens (Sw.) Griseb. [321]
10) Micranthes tennesseensis Small [153]

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