Bartlett's rātā observed by botanist Peter de Lange.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Genus:
Metrosideros
Species:
M. bartlettii
Binomial name
Metrosideros bartlettii
J.W.Dawson
Metrosideros bartlettii, also known as Bartlett's rātā, Cape Reinga white rātā or in Māori as rātā moehau,[2] is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand and is notable for its extreme rarity and its white flowers, somewhat uncommon in that genus of red-flowered trees and plants. Its natural range is in the far north of the North Island at Te Paki, in three patches of dense native forest near Spirits Bay (34° S) that escaped destruction by fire, namely Radar Bush, Kohuronaki Bush, and Unuwhao Bush. Only 13 adult trees are known to exist in the wild (down from 34 in 1992)[3] and most of these are either ill or dying.[4] The lack of fossil evidence elsewhere suggests that the tree may always have been restricted to the North Cape area, which was an island until it was connected to the mainland by the sandspit that constitutes Ninety Mile Beach.
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^"Te Paki Recreation Reserve". New Zealand Department of Conservation. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
^de Lange, Peter (2019). "Metrosideros bartlettii". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^"2014 Favourite Native Plant". www.nzpcn.org.nz/. New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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