Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Santalales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Nanodeaceae Nickrent & Der
Genus
Mida A.Cunn. ex Endl.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Mida salicifolia A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 376 (1838)
Synonymy:
Type collections: 'in the forests of Wangaroa [sic].—1826, A. Cunningham.—1834, R. Cunningham'. Lectotype: (designated by Heenan 2023). Wangaroa [sic], 1826, A. Cunningham 340 (K000035529)
  • = Mida myrtifolia A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 376 (1838)
  • ≡ Mida salicifolia var. myrtifolia (A.Cunn.) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 410 (1961)
Type collection: '...growing in woods in the neighbourhood of the Bay of Islands—1826, A. Cunningham'. Lectotype (here by Heenan 2023): N. Zealand, A. Cunningham s.n. (K000035522)
  • = Fusanus cunninghamii Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kirk, Forest. Fl. New Zealand 137, t. 75, 76 (1889)
  • = Mida cunninghamii Chatin (1891)
  • = Mida eucalyptoides A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 376 (1838)
Type collection: 'in fruit ... in shady woods at Wangaroa [sic].—1826, A. Cunningham.'. Lectotype (designated by Heeenan 2023): Wangaroa [sic], N. Zealand, A. Cunningham s.n. (K000035530)
Vernacular Name(s):
False maire; Maire-taiki; Tāiko; Willow-leaved maire
 Description

Tree up to ± 6 m. tall; trunk up to 2 dm. diam.; branchlets slender, bark grey. Lvs alt., with occ. subopp. pairs, on short slender petioles. Lamina narrow-lanceolate, ± 5–10–(12) cm. × 3–10 mm., acute to subacuminate, thinly coriac. to membr., entire; dark green and somewhat glossy above, paler below, punctulate. Infl. axillary, of short few-fld racemes on slender, short peduncles. Pedicels ± 5 mm. long. Fls ± 4–6 mm. diam., greenish, perfect to functionally unisexual. Receptacle ± hemispheric; tepals (4)–5–(6), broadly triangular, deciduous; stamens (4)–5–(6), on short slender filaments subtended by tufts of hairs; disk (4)–5–(6)-lobed; stigma 2–4-lobed. Fr. c. 7–12 × 6–8 mm., narrow-turbinate, bright red, crowned by rim of receptacle.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Sep.–Nov.; Fruiting: Oct.–Feb.

 Bibliography
Cunningham, A. 1838: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 1: 376–381.
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. [Not threatened]
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. [Declining]
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]
Kirk, T. 1889: The forest flora of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.