Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Urticaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Australina Gaudich. (1830)
Type Taxon:
Australina pusilla (Poir.) Gaudich.
 Description

Fls small, in unisexual or androgynous axillary clusters. ♂ 1–5, clustered on a common peduncle; per. bilabiate, outer lip inflexed in bud, stamen 1. ♀ solitary to few together, sessile; per. ovoid; ovary free, stigma linear, pubescent, ovule erect. Achene invested by persistent per. Creeping to diffuse annual to perennial herbs with alt. lvs; stipules lateral.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Australina Gaudich.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Friis, I.; Wilmot-Dear, C.M. 1988: A revision of the tribe Forsskaoleae (Urticaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 8(1): 25–59.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.