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The genus Metrosideros is in the family Myrtaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Metrosideros

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Metrosideros albiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros angustifolia (L.) Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros arfakensis Gibbs	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros bartlettii J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros boninensis (Hayata ex Koidz.) Tuyama	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros brevistylis J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros cacuminum J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros carminea W.R.B.Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros cherrieri J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros colensoi Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros collina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros cordata (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros dolichandra Schltr. ex Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros elegans (Montrouz.) Beauvis.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros engleriana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros fulgens Sol. ex Gaertn.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros gregoryi Christoph.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros halconensis (Merr.) J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros humboldtiana Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros kermadecensis W.R.B.Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros laurifolia Brongn. & Gris	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros longipetiolata J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros macropus Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros microphylla (Schltr.) J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros nervulosa C.Moore & F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros nitida Brongn. & Gris	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros ochrantha A.C.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros operculata Labill.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros oreomyrtus Däniker	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros ovata (C.T.White) J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros paniensis J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros parallelinervis C.T.White	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros parkinsonii Buchanan	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros patens J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros porphyrea Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros punctata J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros ramiflora Lauterb.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros regelii F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros robusta A.Cunn.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros rotundifolia J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros rugosa A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros salomonensis C.T.White	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros sclerocarpa J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros × subtomentosa Carse	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros tetragyna J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros tetrasticha Guillaumin	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros tremuloides (A.Heller) Rock	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros umbellata Cav.	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros waialealae (Rock) Rock	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros whitakeri J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP
Metrosideros whiteana J.W.Dawson	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 196 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Metrosideros. Of these 55 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 66 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Metrosideros. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 196 species names for the genus Metrosideros recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	55	28.1%
◕	Synonym	131	66.8%
◕	Unplaced	9	4.6%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.5%

All names

The status of the 262 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Metrosideros recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	70	26.7%
◕	Synonym	182	69.5%
◕	Unplaced	9	3.4%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.4%

Of these names,

• 8 are recorded as invalid
• 16 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 196 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Metrosideros, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	55	130	0	0	185	94.4%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	0.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	9	1	10	5.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Metrosideros, are as follows: