The flowers of " Metrosideros excelsa " are pollinated by more than 50 types of gecko as well as birds and bees.
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"Callistemon pinifolius " was first formally described by botanist Johann Christoph Wendland in 1805 as " Metrosideros pinifolia ".
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It is closely related to the widespread and highly variable Mhia lehua ( " Metrosideros polymorpha " ), found throughout the islands.
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""'Metrosideros elegans " "'is a species of plant endemic to New Caledonia in the family Myrtaceae.
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It had been hypothesized that " Metrosideros " may have evolved in New Zealand, and subsequently dispersed throughout the Pacific from there.
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The oldest conclusive fossil evidence of " Metrosideros " in New Zealand is fossil fruits from the Miocene aged Manuherikia sediments of Central Otago.
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It grows alongside " Selaginella arbuscula " in the understory of " Metrosideros polymorpha " and " Dicranopteris linearis ".
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For some time it had been hypothesised that " Metrosideros " may have evolved in New Zealand, and dispersed from there throughout the Pacific.
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The larvae mainly feed on the roots of " Metrosideros polymorpha ", the dominant native rainforest tree and early pioneer on new lava flows.
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"Metrosideros kermadecensis ", from the Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand, has recently become naturalized on Maui and may become a pest species.
