Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Avicennia L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Avicennia marina subsp. australasica (Walp.) J.Everett, Telopea 5: 628 (1994)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Avicennia tomentosa var. australasica Walp. (1845)
  • = Avicennia resinifera G.Forst., Pl. Esc. (1786)
  • ≡ Avicennia marina var. resinifera (G.Forst.) Bakh. (1921) nom. illeg.
Vernacular Name(s):
Mānawa; mangrove
 Description

Small tree up to c. 8 m. tall (reduced to a shrub in southern part of range). Lateral roots spreading widely, emitting ∞ stout, erect "breathing" roots. Bark grey, furrowed; branches stout, spreading; branchlets pubescent. Lvs on narrowly winged petioles up to c. 1 cm. long. Lamina glab. above, densely clad in white to buff appressed tomentum below, coriac., ± 5–10 × 2–4 cm., ovate to elliptic-oblong, acute to subacute, sts mucronate; margins slightly recurved. Cymes contracted into small 4–8-fld heads on erect angled pubescent peduncles ± 2 cm. long. Fls c. 6–7 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, ± pilose; corolla-lobes coriac., ovate, silky-hairy. Capsule ± 2 cm. diam., ovoid.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Everett, J. 1994: New combinations in the genus Avicennia (Avicenniaceae). Telopea 5: 627–629.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: De Plantis Esculentis Insularum Oceani Australis commentatio botanica. Haude & Spener, Berlin.