Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Hoheria A.Cunn.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hoheria populnea A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 319 (1839)
Synonymy:
  • = Hoheria sinclarii Hook.f.
  • ≡ Hoheria populnea var. sinclaririi (Hook.f.) Kirk
  • = Hoheria populnea subsp. vulgaris Kirk
Vernacular Name(s):
Hohere; Hoihere; Houhere; Houhi; Houhi ongaonga; Lacebark; Ongaonga; Whauahi; Wheuhi
 Description

Tree up to 10 m. tall or more; glab. or nearly so, except for stellate pubescence on young parts and infl. Branchlets slender, grooved, with pale bark. Juvenile plant similar in lf-form to adult or sts with branchlets very slender, divaricate, ± entangled; petioles very slender, up to 10 mm. long; lamina (5)–10–30 mm. long, broad-ovate to deltoid to suborbicular in outline, serrate, ± deeply lobed (teeth sts crenate). Lvs on reversion shoots similar. Adult plant with lvs on petioles up to c. 2 cm. long; lamina subcoriac. to submembr., (5)–7–14 × (3)–4–6 cm., broad-ovate to ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, acuminate (occ. lvs acute to obtuse or rounded), rounded to truncate to subcordate at base; deeply, coarsely, ± doubly, serrate-dentate. Fls c. 25 mm. diam., both solitary and in (2)–5–10-fld cymose clusters on same plant; pedicels c. 10 mm. long; calyx campanulate, ± 5 mm. long, teeth triangular; petals ± 10 mm. long, white; stigmas capitate. Mature carpels 5–(6), compressed, 5–7 × 5–7 mm. including broad wings.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Mar.–Apr.–(Jun.); Fruiting: Apr.–Jul.

 Bibliography
Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 3: 314–319.
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]