Alseuosmia
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Alseuosmia is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Alseuosmiaceae, growing in New Zealand's North Island.[1] Species members are characteristically small evergreen shrubs.[2] An example occurrence of species representative Alseuosmia macrophylla is in the habitat of the Hamilton Ecological District, where Blechnum discolor and B.Script error: No such module "String".filiforme are understory elements with a Nothofagus truncata and Dacrydium cupressinum overstory.[3]
Alseuosmia was first described in 1839 from specimens collected in Northland forests by Cunningham.[1] Other species are A.Script error: No such module "String".banksii, A.Script error: No such module "String".pusilla, A.Script error: No such module "String".quercifolia, and A.Script error: No such module "String".turneri.[1]
A.Script error: No such module "String".quercifolia is the most common of the species in lowland native forest of Waikato, sometimes known as A. Hakarimata. It is an endemic shrub, found north of 38°05’S, up to Script error: No such module "convert". tall,[1] though usually under Script error: No such module "convert".. It has red or pink flowers of 5 petals,[4] clustered at base of leaves,[5] giving a strong scent.[6]
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Sources
- Thomas Frederick Cheeseman. 1906. Manual of the New Zealand Flora: Published Under the Authority of the Government of New Zealand, published by J. Mackay, government printer, 1199 pages
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg