Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Araliaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tetrapanax (K.Koch) K.Koch, Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 371 (1859)
 Description

Shrub to small tree. Lvs alternate to subverticillate, petiolate, simple, palmately lobed, stipulate. Umbels in compound racemes; bracts lanceolate; bracteoles linear; calyx entire; petals 4, tomentose outside; stamens 4; ovary 2-locular; styles 2, free; stigmas terminal. Fr. subglobose, small, berry-like.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Tetrapanax (K.Koch) K.Koch
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Koch, K.H.E.L. 1859: Wochenschrift für Gärtnerei und Pflanzenkunde 2: 371.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.