Trees and Shrubs Flashcards
Akeake
Dodonaea viscosa - whispering, viscous, sticky
Bartlett’s rātā, Cape Reinga white rātā, rātā moehau
Metrosideros bartlettii - heartwood/iron, discovered by John Bartlett in 1975
Black beech
Nothofagus solandri - southern beeches, naturalist Daniel Carlsson Solander
Bog pine/mountain pine
Halocarpus bidwillii - salty fruit, botanist and explorer John Carne Bidwill
Broom
Carmichaelia (genus) - botanist Carmichael
Cabbage tree/cabbage palm (ti rakau)
Cordyline australis - club, of the south
Mirror bush, taupata
Coprosma repens - dung smell, creeping
Daisy bush
Brachyglottis/senecio greyi - brachus + glottis/daisy family
Dracophyllum
Dracophyllum (multiple species) - dragon-leaf
Five finger, puahou
Pseudopanax arboreus - false ginseng, tree-like
Fuschia, kōtukutuku
Fuchsia excorticata - physician Leonhart Fuchs, strips of bark peel off
Hebe/shrubby veronica
New Zealand hebe (Titirangi/Napuka)
Hebe (multiple species) - Goddess of youth
Hebe speciosa - Goddess of youth, showy/public
Lowland horopito
Mountain horopito/pepperwood
Travers horopito
Pseudowintera axillaris - humid Antarctic flora of southern hemisphere, axillary growth
Pseudowintera colorata - dark coloured
Pseudowintera traversii - named after naturalist Henry H Travers
Kahikatea
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides - tear-shaped fruit, like Dacrydium conifers
Kakabeak, kōwhai ngutukākā, parrot’s beak, parrot’s bill, lobster claw
Clianthus puniceus - Pea-like red flowers, scarlet/crimson
Clianthus maximus - greatest/largest
Kanuka
Kunzea ericoides - named after German naturalist Gustav Kunze, likeness to Erica arborea
Kapuka, New Zealand broadleaf
Griselinia littoralis - named for naturalist Griselini, seashore
Karaka/New Zealand laurel
Corynocarpus laevigatus - club fruit, smooth
Karamu
Coprosma robusta - dung smell, sturdy
Karo
Pittosporum crassifolium - sticky seeds/pitch seed, thick leaf