Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Pseudopanax K.Koch
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pseudopanax kermadecensis (W.R.B.Oliv.) Philipson, New Zealand J. Bot. 3: 338 (1965) – as kermadecense
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Nothopanax kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 56: 4 (1926) – as kermadecense
  • ≡ Neopanax kermadecensis (W.R.B.Oliv.) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 435 (1961) – as kermadecense
  • ≡ Pseudopanax arboreus var. kermadecensis (W.R.B.Oliv.) Sykes, Bull. New Zealand Dept. Sci. Industr. Res. 219: 76 (1977)
 Description

Canopy tree up to ± 10 m. tall; trunk ± 1 m. diam. Lvs on slender petioles with sheathing bases; lflts us. 7, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, acute, obliquely cuneately narrowed to short petiolule; margins minutely serrate, except in lower third. Umbels compound; primary rays 3–5 cm. long; secondary 1–2 cm. long; umbellules compact.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Neopanax kermadecensis (W.R.B.Oliv.) Allan]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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