M. aquilonia M. argentea M. australis M. brachyclada M. chathamica M. coxii M. divaricata M. kermadecensis M. neo-zealandensiss = M. ×montana M. nummularia M. oliveri M. salicina M. umbricola Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text. ... Genera See text Myrsinaceae, or the Myrsine family, is a rather large family from the order Ericales. ... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
Matipo (or Māpou in Māori) are New Zealand native members of the Myrsine genus. The leathery, evergreen leaves are simple and alternate, with smooth margins and without stipules. The one-seeded, indehiscent fruit is a thin-fleshed globose drupe. The flowers and fruits often do not develop till after leaf fall and thus appear naked on the branches. The fruits often do not mature until the year after flowering. The calyx and style are long persistent. MÄori or Te Reo MÄori, commonly shortened to Te Reo (literally the language) is an official language of New Zealand. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... The lanceolate-linear, paired stipules of Hibiscus kokio In botany, stipule refers to outgrowths borne on either side of the base of a leafstalk (or petiole). ... Dehiscence is the spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents. ... The peach is a typical drupe (stone fruit) In botany, a drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp or skin and mesocarp or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. ... The word calyx has several possible meanings: Look up calyx in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Amaryllis style and stigmas A carpel is the female reproductive organ of a flower; the basic unit of the gynoecium. ...
The formerly recognised native species in the genera Rapanea and Suttonia have now been renamed to Myrsine. Also note that "Black Matipo" is actually Pittosporum tenuifolium. Species Many species, including Pittosporum angustifolium Pittosporum bicolor Pittosporum bracteolatum Pittosporum coriaceum Pittosporum crassifolium Pittosporum erioloma Pittosporum ferrugineum Pittosporum lancifolium Pittosporum ligustrifolium Pittosporum moluccanum Pittosporum multiflorum Pittosporum oreillyanum Pittosporum nativitatis Pittosporum phillyreoides Pittosporum resiniferum Pittosporum revolutum Pittosporum rhombifolium Pittosporum rubiginosum Pittosporum spinescens Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tobira Pittosporum trilobum Pittosporum undulatum...
In addition to the New Zealand Myrsine species, there are dozens of species found in this genus elsewhere in the world. Some species, especially M. africana, are grown as ornamental shrubs. In the USA members of this genus are known as colicwood.
References
Ngā Tipu Aotearoa - Most recent taxonomy (only of NZ species).
Flora of New Zealand - Good background information, but the taxonomy is out of date.
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