Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malpighiales Martius
Family
Violaceae
Genus
Melicytus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Melicytus lanceolatus var. latior G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 72: 25 (1942)
 Description

Lvs 2–2.5 cm. wide, oblong-lanceolate; petals dark purple at tips only, elsewhere orange.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Simpson, G.; Thomson, J.S. 1942: Notes on some New Zealand plants and descriptions of new species (No. 2). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 72: 21–40.