Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. , Voy. Uranie 482. 1830, pl. 109. 1826.
Type information:
Holotype [P]. C. Gaudichaud-Beaupré s.n.. Hawai`i: s.l..

Note: Gaudichaud had 4 unnamed vars. (a) is illustrated in pl. 108. Later authors have regarded this as the type. Some have assumed that type is a form with woolly pubescence, although for the species Gaudichaud says "sericeo-tomentosis."

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha
Note: Gaudichaud had 4 unnamed vars. (a) is illustrated in pl. 108. Later authors have regarded this as the type. Some have assumed that type is a form with woolly pubescence, although for the species Gaudichaud says "sericeo-tomentosis."

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. subsp. glaberrima (H. Lév.) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 148. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania polymorpha (Gaudich.) A. Heller var. glaberrima H. Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 149 1911.
O`ahu: Punaliuu [Punalu`u?]. May 1910. U. Faurie 35.
Holotype [?].
=Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. subsp. glabrifolia (A. Heller) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 148. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania glabrifolia A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 866 1897.
Kaua`i: Kaholuamanoa [Kaholumanu], [on the plateau] above Waimea. 4000 ft. 10-16 September 1895. A.A. Heller 2821.
Holotype [MIN]. Isotype(s) [K, NY [mfc!], US!].

Note: Heller did not cite a date. We have no evidence that any collections with this number were made on other dates.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima
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*Verification: D.M. Mix.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. subsp. imbricata (Rock) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. imbricata Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 49 1917.
O`ahu: Ko`olau Range. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n..
Lectotype [GH].

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
*Verification: None.
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*Verification: D.M. Mix.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. subsp. incana (H. Lév.) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania polymorpha (Gaudich.) A. Heller var. incana H. Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 149 1911.
Moloka`i: Kamolo. June 1910. U. Faurie 28.
Holotype [?].
=Metrosideros polymorpha var. incana

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: D.M. Mix.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. subsp. pumila (A. Heller) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 148. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania pumila A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 864 1897.
Kaua`i: in and near bog at the head of the Wahiawa [River]. 3000 ft. 21 August 1895. A.A. Heller 2738.
Holotype [MIN]. Isotype(s) [A!, GH [fragment BISH!], K, NY [mfc!]].

Note: Collection 2738, pro parte. Other collections distributed under Heller 2738 were made 19 October (BISH!, US!), and are not types. Rock (1917) cited "type in Gray Herbarium" and that is the sheet represented in his plate 24 (Harvard stamp faintly legible); 21 August can be read on the label. The fragment of the GH sheet at BISH has a label in Rock's handwriting and no date is given on the label.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.
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*Verification: D.M. Mix.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. dieteri J. W. Dawson & Stemmerm., in Wagner, Herbst & Sohmer, Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 108. 1989.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. J. W. Dawson s.n.. 4 June 1983. Kaua`i: Hanalei Dist., Kalalau Lookout, Koke`e National Park. Isotype(s) [BISH!].
=Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri

*Verification: Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, & S.H. Sohmer. 1989. Man. Fl. Pl. Hawai`i. 988pp..

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. dieteri Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147. 1936.
Type information:
Syntype [BISH]. C. Skottsberg 654. 25 September 1922. Hawai`i: Hualalai.

Note: Additional syntype: Hawai`i, Mauna Loa, 15 September 1922, Skottsberg 1139 (BISH!).

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri
Note: Additional syntype: Hawai`i, Mauna Loa, 15 September 1922, Skottsberg 1139 (BISH!).

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. glaberrima (H. Lév.) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: 216. 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania polymorpha (Gaudich.) A. Heller var. glaberrima H. Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 149 1911.
O`ahu: Punaliuu [Punalu`u?]. May 1910. U. Faurie 35.
Holotype [?].
=Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: R.K. Shannon.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. macrostemon Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

Note: Nom. illegit., non Skottsberg 1936 (Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147). Simultaneous homonym.

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. macrostemon Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 148. 1936.
Type information:
Holotype [BISH]. C. Skottsberg 723. 29 September 1922. Hawai`i: Kohala Mts. above Waimea.1200m.

Note: Nom. illegit., non Skottsberg 1936 (Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147). Simultaneous homonym.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha
Note: Nom. illegit., non Skottsberg 1936 (Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147). Simultaneous homonym.

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. nuda Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

Note: Syntypes: Hualalai, NW slope, 25 September, Skottsberg 654; Mauna Loa, below the rest house, 15 September, Skottsberg 1139.

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pseudorugosa Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pumila (A. Heller) J. W. Dawson & Stemmerm., in Wagner, Herbst & Sohmer, Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 108. 1989. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania pumila A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 864 1897.
Kaua`i: in and near bog at the head of the Wahiawa [River]. 3000 ft. 21 August 1895. A.A. Heller 2738.
Holotype [MIN]. Isotype(s) [A!, GH [fragment BISH!], K, NY [mfc!]].

Note: Collection 2738, pro parte. Other collections distributed under Heller 2738 were made 19 October (BISH!, US!), and are not types. Rock (1917) cited "type in Gray Herbarium" and that is the sheet represented in his plate 24 (Harvard stamp faintly legible); 21 August can be read on the label. The fragment of the GH sheet at BISH has a label in Rock's handwriting and no date is given on the label.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila
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*Verification: Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, & S.H. Sohmer. 1989. Man. Fl. Pl. Hawai`i. 988pp..

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. subimbricata Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

Note: Syntypes: Koolau, Keeawaawa, 4 August, Skottsberg 49; Manoa pali, 27 August, Skottsberg 348; Nuuanu-Pauoa ridge, 5 November, Skottsberg 1068.

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. sericea (Rock) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 148. 1936. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray f. sericea Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 71 1917.


=Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. sericea (Rock) O.Deg. & I. Deg., . . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray f. sericea Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 71 1917.


=Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. prostrata (Rock) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 405. 1944. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. prostrata Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 61 1917.
Moloka`i: Kawela swamp, [back of Kamoku]. 17 March 1910. J. F. Rock 6097.
Lectotype [BISH]. Isolectotype(s) [BISH! [2]]. Lectotypified in H. St. John. Phytologia 42: 217. 1979.

Note: Rock included Hillebrand's unnamed gamma var. in this var. Additional syntypes: Kaua`i, [summit swamp of] Mt. Waialeale, 500-5200 ft., 24 September 1909, Rock 5087 (BISH! [2]); Maui, West Maui, summit of Mt. Puukukui, 5800 ft., August 1910, Rock 8145 (BISH!); Maui, bogs on top of Eeka, Hillebrand s.n. (B [PD], GH).

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila
*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
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Note: Superfluous combination. St. John assumed he was assigning a new combination but he actually was only altering the classification. Published in Phytol. 42: 215-218. 1979.

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. glabrifolia (A. Heller) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania glabrifolia A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 866 1897.
Kaua`i: Kaholuamanoa [Kaholumanu], [on the plateau] above Waimea. 4000 ft. 10-16 September 1895. A.A. Heller 2821.
Holotype [MIN]. Isotype(s) [K, NY [mfc!], US!].

Note: Heller did not cite a date. We have no evidence that any collections with this number were made on other dates.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. haleakalensis (Rock) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. haleakalensis Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 56 1917.
Maui: [East Maui], Mt. Haleakala, gulches back of Puunianiau Crater. 6500 to 7000 ft. September-\ 1910. J. F. Rock 8593.
Holotype [BISH]. Isotype(s) [BISH!].

Note: Date published as October, but labels on both BISH sheets say September. Sheet illustrated is taken to be the holotype.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima
*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. hemilanata (Hochr.) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. hemilanata Hochr., Candollea 2: 456 1925.


Note: nom. nov.? Hochreutiner states "synonym of vars. S of Rock and g of Gray."

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima
*Verification: None.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. imbricata (Rock) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. imbricata Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 49 1917.
O`ahu: Ko`olau Range. U. S. Expl. Exped. s.n..
Lectotype [GH].

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
*Verification: None.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. psilophylla Skottsb., . . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

Note: Superfluous combination. St. John assumed he was assigning a new combination but he actually was only altering the classification. Published in Phytol. 42: 215-218. 1979.

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. perglabra Skottsb., . . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. incana (H. Lév.) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania polymorpha (Gaudich.) A. Heller var. incana H. Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 149 1911.
Moloka`i: Kamolo. June 1910. U. Faurie 28.
Holotype [?].
=Metrosideros polymorpha var. incana

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. lurida (Rock) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray f. lurida Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 54 1917.
Moloka`i: [leeward side, in dry gulches above] Kamolo. April 1910. J. F. Rock 7021.
Holotype [BISH].

Note: Of the two sheets at BISH, the one illustrated is taken to be the holotype.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. incana
*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. macrophylla (Rock) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. macrophylla Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 58 1917.
Hawai`i: [along Volcano Road], near Olaa-Mountain View, [wet forest]. 1200 ft. -24 April 1916. J. F. Rock 12630.
Holotype [BISH].
=Metrosideros polymorpha var. macrophylla

*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. subsp. micrantha Skottsb., . . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. micrantha (Skottsb.) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. subsp. micrantha Skottsb., .


=Metrosideros polymorpha var. macrophylla?

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. newellii (Rock) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: (215-218). 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray var. newellii Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 58 1917.
Hawai`i: Piihonua gulch, back of [Hilo]. February 1916. J. F. Rock 12627.
Lectotype [BISH]. Lectotypified in H. St. John. Phytologia 42: 217. 1979.

Note: Additional syntypes: Piihonua gulch, back of Hilo, February 1916, Rock 12625 (BISH!), Rock 12626 (BISH! [2]), Rock 12628 (BISH!) (all collected by M. Newell); Piihonua gulch, 24 April 1916, Rock 12633 (BISH! [2]); Rainbow Falls, back of Hilo, 24 April 1916, Rock 12634 (BISH!). The lectotype has Rock's name as collector, but on the labels of 12625, 12626, and 12628 he crossed off his name and wrote M. Newell's name as collector. The BISH sheet of the Rainbow Falls collection has no collection number, but should be considered a syntype because the date and locality are the same; the BISH sheet of one of Rock's collections from Piihonua gulch has no number and no date (though a label with 24 april was added later) and should be considered a probable syntype.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. newellii
*Verification: R.K. Shannon, W.L. Wagner.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. humilis Skottsb., . . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. pseudorugosa (Skottsb.) Skottsb, Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 404. 1944. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pseudorugosa Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 10: 147 1936.
Maui: West Maui, Pu`u Kukui, summit bog. 9 October 1922. C. Skottsberg 742.

=Metrosideros polymorpha var. pseudorugosa

*Verification: None.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. strigosa (Rock) H. St. John, Phytologia 42: 215?. 1979. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Metrosideros collina (J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) A. Gray f. strigosa Rock, Hawaii, Board Agric. Forest. Bot. Bull. 4: 64 1917.
Hawai`i: swamps of summit of Kohala. June 1910. J. F. Rock 8414.
Holotype [BISH].
=Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha

*Verification: R.K. Shannon.
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*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. calva Skottsb., . . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. f. obovata Skottsb., . . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. parviflora Skottsb., . . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information

*Verification: None.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. tremuloides (A. Heller) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 408. 1944. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Nania tremuloides A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 866 1897.
O`ahu: Nu`uanu Pali. 29 October 1895. A.A. Heller 2895.
Lectotype [US]. Isolectotype(s) [BISH!, MIN!, NY [mfc!]]. Lectotypified in W. L. Wagner & R. K. Shannon. Brittonia 51: 433. 1999.

Note: Additional syntype: lower slopes of Konahuanui, above Manoa, 12-13 November 1895 (BISH [2], US!). Heller cited his number 2895, but the specimens distributed under this number are apparently from two localities as delimted above. Heller did not cite a date, and thus all collections with this number are syntypes.

=Metrosideros tremuloides
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.
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*Verification: None.