Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Elingamita G.T.S.Baylis
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Elingamita johnsonii G.T.S.Baylis, Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 4: 100, t. 10, fig. 1-6 (1951)
 Description

"Glabrous tree with smooth bark." Lvs on stout petioles ± 10 mm. long; lamina very coriac., entire, obovate to broad-obovate, ± 10–18 × 4–9 cm. Infl. a panicle c. 5 cm. diam., enlarging in fr.; bracts caducous. Fls "yellowish" on pedicels ± 5 mm. long; sepals ovate, acute, ± 1·5 mm. long; corolla c. 2.5 mm. diam., c. 1 mm. long, rather obscurely lobed. Stamens c. 3·5 mm. long, filaments gradually widening to base. Pistil ± 2.5 mm. long, tapering to stigmatic pit; ovules 2–4. Fr. bright red, subglobose, ± 17 mm. diam.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Fruiting: Jan.

 Bibliography
Baylis, G.T.S. 1951: Elingamita (Myrsinaceae), a New Monotypic Genus from West Island, Three Kings. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 4: 99–102.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
Heenan, P.B. 1999: Extrafloral nectaries in Elingamita johnsonii (Myrsincaeae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 37: 183–185.
Heenan, P.B. 2000: Dioecism in Elingamita johnsonii (Myrsinaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 38: 569–574.