Homalanthus polyandrus

Homalanthus polyandrus
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Genus:	Homalanthus
Species:	H. polyandrus
Binomial name
	Homalanthus polyandrus; (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson[2]

Homalanthus polyandrus is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

Homalanthus polyandrus is a slender tree or shrub, 3-7m tall. Branches brittle. Leaves of younger plants are up to 30 cm in diameter; of adult plants 5–10 cm long. Racemes slender and erect, 10–20 cm long, Male flowers are numerous, about 2mm in diameter. There are 1-5 female flowers at the base of the raceme, on quite long, slender pedicels.[3]

References

World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Homalanthus polyandrus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
"Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
Metcalf, L. J. (Lawrence James) (2011). The cultivation of New Zealand trees and shrubs (Rev. and updated ed.). Auckland, N.Z.: Raupo. ISBN 9780143565611. OCLC 753700257.

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[iucn-1] World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Homalanthus polyandrus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.

[NZOR2012-2] "Homalanthus polyandrus (Müll.Arg.) G.Nicholson". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[3] Metcalf, L. J. (Lawrence James) (2011). The cultivation of New Zealand trees and shrubs (Rev. and updated ed.). Auckland, N.Z.: Raupo. ISBN 9780143565611. OCLC 753700257.