Genus Metrosideros

Metrosideros is a genus of approximately 50 trees, shrubs, and vines native to the islands of the Pacific Ocean, from the Philippines to New Zealand and including the Bonin Islands, Polynesia, and Melanesia, with an anomalous outlier in South Africa.

Species in the genus Metrosideros of plants

Metrosideros bartlettii - Metrosideros bartlettii was discovered by John Bartlett, a schoolteacher from Auckland, in 1975. He found an unusual tree growing in Radar Bush, 9.5 km south-east of Cape Reinga. Almost ten years passed before the flowers were collected, making possible a scientific description of the tree. Bartlett's r?t? grows to a height of up to thirty metres, usually beginning life as a hemi-epiphyte on taraire , p?riri , rewarewa or tree ferns . Occasionally, the tree is found growing on the ground on rock outcrops and rocky cliffs. The tree bears white flowers made up of a mass of stamens in November or December. Seed ripens in March or April. The trunk is up to 1.5 m in diameter. Apart from the colour of the flowers, Bartlett's r?t? resembles northern r?t? but can be distinguished by the small white flowers and by the leaves, which taper to a point at the tip, while those of northern r?t? are notched at the tip. Also distinctive is the white or whitish-grey bark that peels easily into soft flakes, which it is tho