Myrtaceae Juss.
Metrosideros sclerocarpa J.W.Dawson , legitimate, scientific
Green, P.S. (1990), Notes relating to the floras of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, III. Kew Bulletin 45(2): 244-245 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Lord Howe Island, Johnson & Rodd 1308 holotypus NSW; isotypus K)."
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 212-214, Figs 45C-D APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Metrosideros sp. aff. collina [n/a] misapplication: Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(59): 14 misapplication: Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. legitimate by Hemsley, W.B. (1896), The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2): 236 misapplication: Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1898), Observations on the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(2): 129 misapplication: Metrosideros villosa Sm. legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 145 misapplication: Metrosideros villosa Sm. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 168
  • APC Dist.: LHI