Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Laurales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Monimiaceae Juss.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 64 (1776)
 Description

Plants dioec., fls in axillary cymes or racemes; per. cup-shaped, with 5–10 inflexed segs; ♂ with many stamens, filaments subobsolete; ♀ without staminodes; carpels many, style conical. Drupes us. several on disk. Trees or shrubs with opp. lvs.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Hedycarya J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.