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Leptospermum scoparium

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Australia - New Zealand; EXOTIC EXOTIC Rarotonga (1899)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group only (Rarotonga only, 1899, new search required); Land, mountains (mid-elev.); eastern slope of Raemaru (1899)

KEY FEATURES: Upright shrub to 4m. LEAVES along branchlets, slender, to 10x1.5mm, tip tapering and sharp, base tapering; stalkless, with dark joint. FLOWERS small; petals white. FRUITS woody, subspherical, 6mmØ x 4mmHigh, top half with 5 segments.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+?X	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Leptospermum scoparium
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Myrtales; MYRTACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens with ripe fruits, 1899, T.Cheeseman, "Several clumps on the south-eastern slopes of Maungaroa [probably Raemaru], far from all cultivation. Doubtless introduced, but I could obtain no evidenece of this" [in Flora], ID as Leptospermum scoparium, and "apparently truly wild" [in fieldnotes].

References:
p.279 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB06a, zM06a, zD06a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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