New Zealand tree - new ID makes a difference

[Maggi Young]

"At the stroke of a pen a New Zealand endemic tree has for the last 31 years been incorrectly regarded the same as a group of 'weedy' Australian shrubs and small trees. A New Zealand botanist has completed a 15-year study to reveal some surprises and discover astonishing cryptic diversity behind what was long considered a single tree species. The study was published in the open access journal PhytoKeys."

"The saying that 'bad taxonomy kills' could not be more true......."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-08-10unexpected-diversity-zealand-kanuka-genus.html#jCp



"And then there were 10—unexpected diversity in New Zealand kanuka genus Kunzea"

http://phys.org/news/2014-08-10unexpected-diversity-zealand-kanuka-genus.html

[Anthony Darby]

We have manuka and kanuka bushes planted in the "native" borders round the storm water ponds. Wonder what species?