On ridge separating Spirits Bay and Parengaparenga [Parengarenga] catchments, in mouth of side gully. From 1 of 3 small trees (4.5mx30cm dbh.). On open alluvial floodplain-rooted in alluvium but established on trunks-Cyathea medullaris. Host Cyathea medullaris since dead. Immediately below large (25m × 80 cm d.b.h.) parent tree on forest edge. Pale whitish flaking bark. Some seedlings epiphytic. White flowers.Type specimen proposed.
Specimen notes
Georeference (original):
NZMS 1: N1 & 2 / 333 426
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B.
Voucher (DNA):
No. 9467
Type:
HOLOTYPE of Metrosideros bartlettii J.W.Dawson, New Zealand J. Bot. 23: 607 (1985).
Schönberger I, 15 June 2005