Myrtaceae Juss.
Metrosideros buxifolia A.Cunn. , nom. illeg., scientific
Cunningham, A. (1839), Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor. Annals of Natural History 3: 111 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "New Zealand (Northern Island). --- in the forests of Wangaroa, Bay of Islands, etc.–1826, A. Cunningham."
  • Comment: nom. illeg., non Dum.-Cours. (1811).
Lemaire, C.A. (1852), Le Jardin Fleuriste 2: t. 24 BHL [secondary reference]
Oliver, W. (31 August 1928), The New Zealand species of Metrosideros with a note on Metrosideros collina (Forst.) Gray. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 59: 421 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) A.Rich. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: A New Zealand taxon, now referred to Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst) A.Rich, erroneously recorded for Australia by C.A.Lemaire, Jard. fleur. 1, t. 24 (1851).