Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. imbricata Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 49. 1917.
Type information:
Lectotype [GH]. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n.. O`ahu: Ko`olau Range.

Note: Who made lectotype designation? This seems to be just a young growth form of var. incana (prob. var. polymorpha also) before the sympodial growth habit has been established.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. incana
Note: Who made lectotype designation? This seems to be just a young growth form of var. incana (prob. var. polymorpha also) before the sympodial growth habit has been established.

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