Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ericaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pentachondra R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 549 (1810)
 Description

Fls 5-merous, axillary, peduncled, solitary or fascicled; bracts small, bracteoles ± investing calyx; corolla-tube very short, lobes bearded within, anther-filaments attached near top of corolla-tube. Ovules solitary in each cell pend. Fr. drupelike, with us. 5 one-seeded pyrenes. A few low-growing shrubs of Australia, Tasmania, one of which extends to N.Z.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Pentachondra R.Br.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
Kubitzki, K. 2004: VI Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons: Celestrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Spinger-Verlag, Berlin. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.