Metrosideros ochrantha

Species of tree

Metrosideros ochrantha
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Metrosideros
Species:
M. ochrantha
Binomial name
Metrosideros ochrantha
A.C. Smith[2]

Metrosideros ochrantha is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae.

This small tree is endemic to Fiji and is restricted to Mt Kasi and its vicinity on Vanua Levu. It occurs in dense low forest between 300 and 430 m.[1]

Sources

  • Europeana: Europe's cultural collections. Listing for Metrosideros ochrantha A.C.Sm. Accessed 5 November 2012.

References

  1. ^ a b Daveta, M. (2016). "Metrosideros ochrantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T31038A99514251. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T31038A99514251.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Smith, Albert C. Studies of Pacific island plants. XXVI. Metrosideros collina (Myrtaceae) and its relatives in the southern Pacific. American Journal of Botany (1973): 479-490.
Taxon identifiers
Metrosideros ochrantha


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