Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Urticaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Elatostema J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 53 (1775)
 Description

Fls minute, unisexual, in axillary clusters us. subtended by involucral bracts; ♂ with 4–5-partite per., stamens 4–5, inflexed in bud, ovary obsolete; ♀ with per. 0 or of 3–5 minute segs, staminodes us. present, stigmas sessile, penicillate, ovule erect. Achene minute, compressed, ovate to elliptic in outline. Herbs with distichous, alt. or opp., stipulate lvs, of old world tropics and subtropics; the N.Z. sp. endemic.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Elatostema J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1775: Characteres Generum Plantarum:quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis, collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772-1775. Edition 1. London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.