Names

Common Names to Scientific Names

Akakura Metrosideros carminea
Akapuka Griselinia lucida
Akeake Dodonaea viscosa
Akiraho Olearia paniculata
Bamboo rush;giant wire rush Sporadanthus ferrugineus
Bamboo Spike-Sedge Eleocharis sphacelata
Bead plant Nertera depressa
Bidibidi Acaena inermis ‘Purpurea’
Black Beech Nothofagus solandri
Black Maire Nestegis cunninghamii
Black Mapou Pittosporum tenuifolium spp colensoi
Black Pine Prumnopitys taxifolia
Black Tree Fern Cyathea medullaris
Blue Grass Festuca coxii
Blue Tussock Poa colensoi
Bog Rush. Schoenus pauciflorus
Boxwood Hebe odora
Bristle Tussock Rytidosperma setifolia
Broadleaf Griselinia littoralis
Brown Stemmed Coprosma Coprosma acerosa brunnea
Buchanan’s Sedge Carex buchananii
Bush Astelia Astelia fragrans
Bush Clematis Clematis paniculata
Bush rice-grass Microlaena avenacea
Cabbage Tree Cordyline ‘Red Star’
Cabbage tree; Ti kouka Cordyline australis
Carex Grass Carex maorica
Celery-leaved Pine Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Chatham Is Aciphylla Aciphylla dieffenbachii
Chatham Island Festuca coxii
Chatham Island akeake Olearia traversii
Chatham Island Astelia Astelia chathamica
Chatham Island Forget-me-not Myosotidium hortensia
Chatham Island Geranium Geranium traversii
Chatham Island Mahoe Melicytus chathamicus
Chatham Island Mapou Myrsine chathamica
Christmas Tree Brachyglottis huntii
Coastal Maire Olearia solandri
Coastal Tree Daisy Olearia solandri
Common Tree Daisy Olearia arborescens
Cook’s Scurvy Grass Lepidium oleraceum
Coprosma Coprosma ‘Taiko’
Corokia Corokia ‘Emerald & Jade’
Coromandel Tree Daisy Olearia townsonii
Creeping Iris Libertia peregrinans
Creeping pohuehue Muehlenbeckia axillaris
Crimson Rata Metrosideros carminea
Crown Fern Blechnum discolor
Cutty Grass Carex geminata
Cypress hebe Leonohebe cupressoides
Dall’s Pittosporum Pittosporum dallii
Ewe Kuri; large leaved milk tree. Streblus banksii
Fern Lastropsis glabella
Fescue tussock Festuca novae-zelandiae
Five Finger Pseudopanax arboreus
Flax Phormium ‘Apricot Queen
Floribunda bush rose. Free flowering in summer. Rose Iceberg
Flowering manuka Leptospermum ‘Burgundy Queen’
Forest Cabbage Tree Cordyline banksii
Forsters Sedge Carex forsteri
Fragrant Tree Daisy Olearia fragrantissima
Geothermal kanuka Kunzea ericoides var microflora
Giant Lilyturf Liriope muscari
Giant umbrella sedge Cyperus ustulatus
Glasswort Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Golden Tainui Pomaderris kumeraho
Gossamer Grass Anemanthele lessoniana
Grass Carex tahoata ‘Taupo Bronze Warrior’
Green Akeake Dodonaea viscosa
Greys Groundsel hybrid Brachyglottis greyii ‘Sunshine’
Gully Fern Pneumatopteris pennigera
Gully Tree Fern Cyathea cunninghamii
Haekaro Pittosporum umbellatum
Hakeke Olearia ilicifolia
Hakekeke Olearia ilicifolia
Halls Totara Podocarpus hallii
Hangehange Geniostoma rupestre
Harakeke Phormium tenax
Hard Beech Nothofagus truncata x fusca
Hard-leaved Tree Daisy Olearia nummularifolia
Hebe Hebe albicans
Hen & Chicken Fern Asplenium bulbiferum
Hinau Elaeocarpus dentatus
Hokotaka Corokia macrocarpa
Hooked Sedge – Green Form Uncinia unciniata
Horoeka Pseudopanax crassifolius
Horopito Pseudowintera colorata
Houpara Pseudopanax lessonii
Huamakaroa Pseudopanax simplex
Hukihuki Coprosma tenuicaulis
Hunangamoho Chionochloa conspicua
Hungere – Narrow -leaved lacebark Hoheria angustifolia
Jointed Twig Rush Baumea articulata syn.Machaerina articulata
Joint-left rush Juncus holoshoenus var holoshoenus
Kahikatea Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Kaihua Parsonsia heterophylla
Kaikawaka Libocedrus bidwillii
Kaikomako Pennantia corymbosa
Kaiku/kaiwhiria Parsonsia heterophylla
Kaimanawa Carex. Carex astonii
Kakabeak Clianthus puniceus
Kakabeak ‘Kaka King’ Clianthus maximus ‘Kaka King’
Kakaho Austroderia fulvida syn Cortaderia
Kamahi Weinmannia racemosa
Kanono Coprosma grandifolia
Kanuka Kunzea ericoides
Karaka Corynocarpus laevigatus
Karamu Coprosma robusta
Karo Pittosporum crassifolium
Kauri Agathis australis
Kawaka; N Z Cedar Libocedrus plumosa
Kawakawa Macropiper excelsum var psittacorum
Kermadec Nikau Rhopalostylis baurei var cheesmanii
Kermadec Pohutukawa Metrosideros kermadecensis
Kiekie Freycinetia banksii
King Fern Ptisana salicina syn; Marattia salicina
Kiokio Blechnum novae-zealandiae
Kiwakiwa Blechnum fluviatile
Kohekohe Dysoxylum spectabile
Kohia Passiflora tetrandra
Kohuhu Pittosporum tenuifolium
Korokio Corokia cotoneaster
Korokio taranga Corokia buddleioides
Koromiko Hebe stricta
Kotukutuku Fuchsia excorticata
Kowhai Sophora longicarinata
Kumarahou Pomaderris kumeraho
Kumarahou; Golen Tainui kumeraho
Kuripaka Dicksonia fibrosa
Kuta Eleocharis sphacelata
Lacebark Hoheria populnea
Lake Clubrush Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Syn; S.validus
Lancewood Pseudopanax crassifolius
Lemonwood Pittosporum eugenioides
Long-leaved Lacebark Hoheria sexstylosa
Mahoe Melicytus ramiflorus
Mahoe Wao Melicytus lanceolatus
Maire Tawaki Syzygium maire
Makomako Aristotelia serrata
Malborough Rock Daisy Pachystegia rufa
Mamaku Cyathea medullaris
Mamangi Coprosma arborea
Manuka Leptospermum scoparium
Maori Ice Plant Disphyma australe
Maori Jasmine Parsonsia heterophylla
Mapou Myrsine australis
Marlborough Rock Daisy Pachystegia insignis
Marsh Clubrush Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
Matagouri Discaria toumatou
Matai Prumnopitys taxifolia
Mingimingi Coprosma propinqua
Miniature toetoe Chionochloa flavicans
Miro Prumnopitys ferruginea
Monro’s Daisy Brachyglottis monroi
Montane Totara Podocarpus cunninghamii
Moss Scleranthus biflorus
Mountain Beech Nothofagus solandri var cliff
Mountain Celery Pine Phyllocladus alpinus
Mountain Five Finger Pseudopanax colensoi
Mountain Flax Phormium cookianum
Mountain flax- Wharariki Phormium cookianum spp. hookeri
Mountain Holly Olearia ilicifolia
Mountain Lacebark Hoheria glabrata
Mountain Toatoa Phyllocladus alpinus
Mountain Totara Podocarpus nivalis
Mountain Tutu Coriaria pteridoides
Muriwai Carex Carex testacea ”Muriwai”
Mutton Bird Sedge Carex trifida
N Z Blueberry Dianella nigra
N Z Daphne Pimelea prostrata
N Z Flax Phormium tenax
N Z Honeysuckle Knightia excelsa
N Z Iris Libertia grandiflora
N Z Lilac Hebe hulkeana
N Z Mountain Cedar Libocedrus bidwillii
N Z Passion Vine Passiflora tetrandra
N Z Tree Fern Dicksonia squarrosa
Napuka Hebe speciosa
Narrow leaved snow tussock Chionochloa rigida
Narrow-leaved Maire Nestegis montana
Native Broom Carmichaelia australis
Native Jasmine Parsonsia capsularis
Native ornamental grass Carex comans
Native sedge Carex dipsacea
Native Spinage Tetragonia implexicoma
Needle Coprosma Coprosma rugosa
Ngaio Myoporum laetum
Nikau Rhopalostylis sapida
North Island Kowhai Sophora tetraptera
North Island Toetoe Austroderia toetoe syn. Cortaderia
Northern Rata Metrosideros robusta
Nut sedge Baumea tenax syn. Machaerina tenax
NZ Iris Libertia cranwelliae
NZ Myrtle Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Red Dragon’
NZ Spinage;Kokihi Tetragonia tetragoniodes
Oioi Jointed Rush Apodasmia similis
Orihou Pseudopanax colensoi
Oro-Oro Nestegis montana
Pahautea Libocedrus bidwillii
Panakenake Lobelia angulata, syn. Pratia angulata
Parataniwha; NZ Begonia Elatostema rugosum
Pata Schefflera digitata
Pate Schefflera digitata
Pepepe Machaerina sinclairii
Pepper Tree Macropiper excelsum;syn Piper
Peppertree Pseudowintera colorata
Perching Lily Astelia solandri
Pigeonwood Hedycarya arborea
Pingao Ficinia spiralis (Desmoschoenus)
Pittosporum Pittosporum turneri
Pohuehue Muehlenbeckia complexa
Pohutukawa Metrosideros excelsa X cultivars
Pohutukawa – NZ Christmas tree Metrosideros excelsa
Pokaka Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Ponga Cyathea dealbata
Poor Knights Lily Arthropodium bifurcatum ‘White Knight’
Porcupine shrub Melicytus alpinus
Poroporo Solanum aviculare
Portuguese Laural Prunus lusitanica
Prostrate Kowhai Sophora prostrata
Puataua Clematis forsterii
Puawhananga Clematis paniculata
Puka Meryta sinclairii
Pukapuka Brachyglottis repanda
Pukatea Laurelia novae-zelandiae
Pukio Carex secta
Purei Carex secta
Puriri Vitex lucens
Purple Akeake Dodonaea viscosa ‘purpurea’
Putaputaweta Carpodetus serratus
Ralph’s Kohuhu Pittosporum ralphii
Ramarama Lophomyrtus bullata
Ramarama x Lophomyrtus x ralphii ‘Gloriosa’
Rangiora Brachyglottis repanda
Rasp Fern Doodia media
Raupo; bullrush Typha orientalis
Rautawhiri Pseudopanax colensoi
Rautini Brachyglottis huntii
Red Beech Nothofagus fusca
Red form -syn ‘rubra’ Uncinia uncinata ‘rubra’
Red Fruit Karamu Coprosma rhamnoides
Red Matipou Myrsine australis
Red Pine Dacrydium cupressinum
Red Robin Photinia
Red Tussock Chionochloa rubra
Renga renga lily Arthropodium bifurcatum ‘Matapouri Bay’
Rengarenga Lily Arthropodium cirratum ”Te Puna”
Rewarewa Knightia excelsa
Ribbonwood Plagianthus regius
Rimu Dacrydium cupressinum
Rock Daisy Pachystegia insignis var minor
Rohutu Lophomyrtus obcordata
Rough Tree Fern Dicksonia squarrosa
Rush Juncus pallidus
Rush syn; Isolepis nodosa Ficinia nodosa
Saltmarsh Ribbonwood Plagianthus divaricatus
Sand Coprosma Coprosma acerosa
Sand Sedge Carex pumila
Scented tree daisy Olearia odorata
Scrambling Broom Carmichaelia kirkii
Sea Rush Juncus krausii var australiensis
Sedge Gahnia setifolia
Shining Karamu Coprosma lucida
Shining spleenwort Asplenium oblongifolium
Shore Astelia Astelia banksii
Shrubby pohuehue Muehlenbeckia astonii
Silver Beech Nothofagus menziesii
Silver Cottonwood Ozothamnus leptophyllus
Silver Fern Cyathea dealbata
Silver Tussock Poa cita
Smith’s Milkwood Streblus smithii
Snow Tussock Chionochloa Taupo Geyser
Soft Tree Fern Cyathea smithii
South Island Broom Carmichaelia arborea
South Island Toetoe Austroderia richardii syn Cortaderia
Southern Rata Metrosideros umbellata
Spinifex – Tumbleweed Spinifex sericeus
Stiff Karamu Coprosma rigida
Streamside Tree Daisy Olearia cheesemanii
Supplejack Ripogonum scandens
Swamp Astelia Astelia grandis
Swamp Sedge Carex virgata
Sweet Smelling Broom Carmichaelia odorata
Tainui Pomaderis apetala
Tanekaha Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Tanguru Olearia albida
Taraire Beilschmiedia tarairi
Tarata Pittosporum eugenioides
Tauhinu Ozothamnus leptophyllus
Taupata-Mirror Bush Coprosma repens
Tawa Beilschmiedia tawa
Tawapou Planchonella costata
Tawhai Nothofagus menziesii
Tawhairaunui Nothofagus truncata x fusca
Tawhairauriki Nothofagus solandri
Tawherowhero Quintinia serrata
Tawhiri karo- Perching kohuhu Pittosporum Cornifolium
Tea Tree Leptospermum scoparium
Tecomanthe Tecomanthe speciosa
Thick-leaved Porcupine Plant Melicytus crassifolius
Thick-leaved Tree Daisy Olearia pachyphylla
Thin-barked Totara Podocarpus hallii
Ti-rauriki Cordyline pumilo
Titirangi Hebe speciosa
Titoki Alectryon excelsus
Toa Toa Phyllocladus glaucus
Toetoe Austroderia splendens syn. Cortaderia
Toothed Lancewood Pseudopanax ferox
Toro Myrsine salicina
Toropapa Alseuosmia macrophylla
Toru Toronia toru
Totara Podocarpus ‘ Matapouri Bay’
Tree Daisy Olearia lineata
Tree Fern Dicksonia fibrosa
Tukauki Libertia grandiflora
Turepo Streblus microphylla
Tussock Stipa stipoides
Tutu Coriaria arborea
Wavy-leaved Coprosma Coprosma tenuifolia
Weeping Matipo Myrsine divaricata
Westland Quintinia Quintinia acutifolia
Wharangi Melicope ternata
Wharawhara Astelia banksii
Whau Entelea arborescens
Wheki Dicksonia squarrosa
Wheki-ponga Dicksonia fibrosa
White Maire Nestegis lanceolata
White Pine Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
White Rata Metrosideros perforata
Whiteywood Melicytus ramiflorus
Wineberry Aristotelia serrata
Wiwi – syn; J.gregiflorus Juncus edgariae
Yellow Akeake Olearia paniculata
Yellow Silver Pine Lepidothamnus intermedius