What has New Zealand given to the United States besides a run for their money in the America's Cup? Metrosideros, that's what. Fine, dust-like seed from a pohutukawa tree travelled, counter to the ...
Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have discovered data that suggests one of Hawaii's most dominant plants, Metrosideros, has been a resident of the islands far longer than previously believed.
Metrosideros sclerocarpa (Dawson in Green, 1990) is a species endemic to Lord Howe island that likely evolved in situ (Papadopulos et al., 2011) and is most commonly found near creeks. This species ...
Ancestors of the iconic New Zealand Christmas Tree, P?hutukawa, may have originated in Australia, new fossil research from the University of Adelaide suggests. Published in the American Journal of ...
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Within the landscape-dominant Hawaiian tree, Metrosideros polymorpha, are morphologically distinct successional varieties, incana and glaberrima, that dominate new and old lava flows, respectively, ...
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