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Metrosideros robusta, the northern rātā, is a forest tree endemic to New Zealand.It grows up to 25 metres (82 ft) or taller, and usually begins its life as a hemiepiphyte high in the branches of a mature forest tree; over centuries the young tree sends descending and girdling roots down and around the trunk of its host, eventually forming a massive, frequently hollow pseudotrunk composed of ...
Metrosideros bartlettii (Bartlett's rātā) is a rare tree in the family Myrtaceae and it is endemic to the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It grows to a height of up to 25–30 m (82–98 ft) with a trunk up to 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) in diameter.
Metrosideros umbellata, the southern rātā, is a tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 15 metres (49 ft) or more tall with a trunk up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) or more in diameter. It produces masses of red flowers in summer. Unlike its relative, northern rātā, this species rarely grows as an epiphyte.
Metrosideros / ˌ m ɛ t r ə ˈ s ɪ d ər ə s,-t r oʊ-/ [3] is a genus of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, and vines in the family Myrtaceae, mostly found in the Pacific region. Most of the tree forms are small, but some are exceptionally large, the New Zealand species in particular. The name derives from the Ancient Greek metra or ...
Metrosideros perforata, [1] also known as white rata, climbing rata, akatea [2] or Akatorotoro, [3] is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand.It is one of three white flowering rātā vines (the others being large white rātā and white rātā).
Metrosideros fulgens (scarlet rātā, rātā vine [1] or in Māori akatawhiwhi [2]) is a forest liana or vine endemic to New Zealand.It occurs in coastal and lowland forest throughout the North Island, on the west coast of the South Island and on the Three Kings Islands north of Cape Reinga.
Metrosideros parkinsonii, also known as Parkinson's rātā or shrubby rata, is a shrub or small tree endemic to New Zealand. The name commemorates Sydney Parkinson , Captain James Cook 's botanical artist during his first voyage to New Zealand.
Metrosideros albiflora, also known as large white rātā, Northland white rātā, akatea [2] or simply white rātā, is a forest liane or vine endemic to New Zealand. It is one of three white flowering rātā vines (the others being white rātā and small white rātā). The name "albiflora" indeed literally means white flowered. [3]