Leptospermum scoparium

TaxID: 295139

Basic Information

Leptospermum scoparium

Broom Tea-Tree, Manuka

M nuka (M ori pronunciation: [?ma?n?ka]; Leptospermum scoparium) is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, native to New Zealand (including the Chatham Islands) and south-east Australia. Bees produce m nuka honey from its nectar. The Latin specific epithet scoparium means 'like broom', referring to Northern Hemisphere genera such as Genista and Cytisus which it superficially resembles, but to which it is only distantly related.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Myrtales

Myrtaceae

Leptospermum

scoparium

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Leptospermum scoparium
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(c) coopz7@BY-NC
Leptospermum scoparium
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(c) kiwihunter@BY-NC
Leptospermum scoparium
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(c) unknown@CC0
Leptospermum scoparium
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(c) unknown@CC0
Leptospermum scoparium
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(c) unknown@CC0

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Absent —

Distribution (17 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Brazil Present —
Cook Islands Present —
Colombia Present —
Germany Present —
Spain Present —
United Kingdom Present —
Georgia Present —
Greece Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (12 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ITSAC890-14 - ITS2 216 United Kingdom - 53.978447, -2.852944
GBVX2377-15 - matK 831 - - -
GBVX2298-15 - matK 842 - - -
GBVX2247-15 - matK 831 - - -
GBVI053-11 - matK 840 - - -
GBVI052-11 - rbcL 1137 - - -
GBVI051-11 - rbcL 1209 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
GBVI050-11 - matK 810 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
GBITS65502-21 - ITS 560 New Zealand - -
GBITS41381-21 - ITS 684 - - -
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Literature