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New Zealand
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(A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
A.Rich.
Joy Thomps.
1983
379
ICN
species
Kunzea ericoides
The specific epithet ericoides alludes to the similarity in the growth form of Kunzea ericoides to Erica arborea L. i.e., ‘Ericam arboream habitu referens’ (Richard 1832; p. 338).

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ericoides

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Shrub of diverse habit, or tree up to 15 m. tall or more; trunk up to 6 dm. or more diam.; bark brown, thin, shedding in long flakes. Branchlets sparsely to rather densely clad in appressed hairs when young. Lvs in fascicles of 3-5 or solitary, ± 4-12 × 1-2 mm., linear to narrow-lanceolate, acute, not pungent, glab. or sparsely silky-hairy when young; margins sts ciliolate. Fls 3-5-(7) mm. diam., axillary, on slender pedicels up to c. 5 mm. long, in 2-5-fld cymes to solitary. Receptacle narrow-turbinate; sepals ovate, acute, persistent; petals suborbicular, ± 2 mm. diam., shortly clawed. Capsules about equalling to slightly exceeding receptacle-rim, 2-4 mm. diam.
Richard's description is: " glabris; foliis linearibus acutis, subciliatis, subtus 1-nerviis, punctatis; floribus albis axillaribus, solitariis aut terminalibus, sertulatis; calycis glabris, limbo 5-dentato persistente. Nob. Crescit in locis aridis elevatisque Novae-Zeelandiae (hâvre de l' Astrolabe). Capsula minima turbinata, glabra, limbo calycino 5-dentato coronata, 5-locularis, apice 5-valvis; seminibus pluribus minimis subulatis."
A depressed or straggling shrub up to c. 1 m. tall; branchlets pubescent when young. Lvs solitary or in fascicles of 2-5, narrowly oblanceolate, apiculate, glab., ± 5 × 1·5 mm., on minute petioles. Fls ± 4 mm. diam. on pedicels ± 2 mm. long, solitary or in 2-5-fld cymes. Receptacles c. 2 × 2 mm., pubescent; sepals triangular, somewhat persistent; petals ± 2 mm. diam., suborbicular. Capsule exceeded by receptacle-rim.
Prostrate or straggling shrub up to 1 m. or more diam., or tall; branchlets, lvs, pedicels, receptacles ± white by investiture of sub-appressed to spreading silky hairs. Lvs ± 6-12 × 1·5-2 mm., linear-to oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate (on same plant), acute. Fls c. 5-7 mm. diam., solitary or in few-fld cymes; pedicels ± 4-5 mm. long. Receptacle turbinate, up to 3 mm. diam.; sepals ± 1·5 mm. long, ovate to triangular, persistent; petals white or pink-flushed, ± 2.5 mm. diam., obovate, shortly clawed. Ovary and capsule much exceeded by receptacle-rim; style very slender.

Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.

2n = 22, (23)
n = 11 bivalents
2n = 22
2n = 22

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Baeckea phylicoides A.Cunn. ex Schauer in Walp.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea amathicola de Lange & Toelken
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. var. ericoides
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides var. linearis (Kirk) W.Harris
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea ericoides var. microflora (G.Simpson) W.Harris
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea linearis (Kirk) de Lange & Toelken
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea peduncularis F.Muell.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea robusta de Lange & Toelken
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea salterae de Lange
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea serotina de Lange & Toelken
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea sinclairii (Kirk) W.Harris
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea tenuicaulis de Lange
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea toelkenii de Lange
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Kunzea triregensis de Lange
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich.
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum ericoides A.Rich. var. ericoides
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum ericoides var. linearis Kirk
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum ericoides var. microflorum G.Simpson
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum ericoides var. pubescens Kirk
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum lineatum (Kirk) Cockayne
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum phylicoides (A.Cunn. ex Schauer) Cheel
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Leptospermum sinclairii Kirk
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Australia
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District

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Etymology
The specific epithet ericoides alludes to the similarity in the growth form of Kunzea ericoides to Erica arborea L. i.e., ‘Ericam arboream habitu referens’ (Richard 1832; p. 338).

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219287ac-d66c-44ee-a93b-4ee10cfc447d
scientific name
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1 January 2000
1 March 2023
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