"Puriri" redirects here. For the locality near Thames, New Zealand, see Puriri, New Zealand. For the Royal New Zealand Navy minesweeper, see HMNZS Puriri (T02).
Pūriri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Lamiaceae
Genus:
Vitex
Species:
V. lucens
Binomial name
Vitex lucens
Kirk
Vitex lucens, or pūriri, is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand.
Vitexlucens, or pūriri, is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand. Pūriri was first collected (by Europeans) at Tolaga Bay by Banks and Solander during...
(Metrosideros excelsa), tawāpou (Planchonella costata), and pūriri (Vitexlucens) on basalt rocks and soils. Beilschmiedia is a genus of about 40 mainly...
at least, it can outgrow native canopy tree species such as puriri (Vitexlucens) and taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi), and become the permanent canopy...
bijuga), ironbark (Eucalyptus spp.), totara (Podocarpus totara), puriri (Vitexlucens), kauri (Agathis australis), and many cypresses, such as coast redwood...
broadleaf tree forests, predominantly Beilschmiedia tarairi (taraire) and Vitexlucens (pūriri) trees. A large section of the Auckland volcanic field is found...
life as a hemi-epiphyte on taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi), pūriri (Vitexlucens), rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) or tree ferns (Cyathea spp.). Occasionally...
species of beach Fuscospora fusca and Fuscospora truncata as well as Vitexlucens. The larvae of this species feed on the callus tissue generated by their...
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