Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Hoheria A.Cunn.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hoheria angustifolia Raoul, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 2: 122 (1844)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Hoheria populnea var. angustifolia (Raoul) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 30 (1852)
Vernacular Name(s):
Houhi; Houhi-puruhi; mountain lacebark; narrow-leaved houhere; Puruhi
 Description

Slender tree up to ± 10 m. tall, glab. or nearly so, except young parts and infl. Juvenile plant a small bushy shrub with very slender flexible ± interlacing branchlets; lvs rather distant, often fascicled, on very slender petioles, ± 1–2 mm. long; lamina (2)–4–8 × 4–7 mm., broad-obovate to suborbicular, cuneately narrowed to base, dentate along upper margin. Adult with lvs on petioles ± 5 mm. long; lamina (including teeth) ± 2–3 × 0·5–1 cm.; narrow, obovate to oblanceolate to oblong to lanceolate, obtuse to acute; coarsely rather distantly spinulose dentate-serrate; teeth up to ± 2 mm. long. The different lf-forms may all occur on the same plant. Fls solitary or occ. in 2–5-fld cymose fascicles on very slender stellate-pubescent pedicels ± 10 mm. long. Calyx densely pubescent, campanulate, c. 3 mm. long, (3)–5-fid; teeth broad-triangular. Petals ± 7 mm. long, white, obliquely narrow-oblong, notched. Stigma capitate. Anthers reniform. Carpels and styles 5. Mature carpels ± 8 mm. long, including very broad wing.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Dec.–Mar.; Fruiting: Feb.–Apr.

 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]
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