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Kunzea ericoides. Kānuka.

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KĀNUKAMĀNUKA; manuoea, manuea (names recorded from Nelson area during Dumont D'Urville's second voyage) 

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K. ericoides is widespread and abundant from lowlands to mountains in the northern South Island. It is ecologically similar to K. robusta, with which it hybridises.Many references in literature to Leptospermum ericoides or Kunzea ericoides pertain to K. robusta and similar species. (see the taxonomic revision of Kunzea, de Lange 2014)

For uses of K. ericoides, see the main reference for kānuka.

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17 June 2015
9 July 2020
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