• Source: Hoheria

Hoheria is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. All are endemic to New Zealand. The genus name is a latinization of the Māori language name, houhere. That name, as well as lacebark and ribbonwood, are often used as common names. The name lacebark comes from the lace-like fibrous inner bark layer.
Hoheria are mostly evergreen, with Hoheria glabrata (mountain ribbonwood) a deciduous species. They are large shrubs or small trees growing 6–10 m (20–33 ft) tall, bearing large quantities of fragrant, 5-petalled white flowers in summer or autumn. The flowers are attractive to butterflies. They are borne in axils on jointed peduncles and produce hard, dry seed capsules. The leaves are serrate to dentate and ovate to lanceolate in shape. Juvenile foliage may persist on young plants for several years, and may have a metallic cast.
Some species are cultivated in New Zealand and Great Britain as ornamental plants. H. sexstylosa withstands temperatures down to −15 °C (5 °F), and H. glabrata has good frost tolerance. Numerous cultivars have been developed for use in gardens, of which the hybrid 'Glory of Amlwch' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.




Species


Hoheria angustifolia Raoul – narrow-leaved lacebark or narrow-leaved houhere
Hoheria equitum – Poor Knights houhere
Hoheria glabrata Sprague & Summerh – mountain lacebark or mountain ribbonwood
Hoheria lyallii Hook.f – mountain lacebark
Hoheria populnea A.Cunn – New Zealand mallow, lacebark or houhere
Hoheria sexstylosa Col – long-leaved lacebark or long-leaved ribbonwood




Notes






References


Flora of New Zealand: Hoheria
The Hoheria Page
Royal Society of New Zealand

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• Daftar marga anggota Malvaceae
• Hoheria
• Hoheria populnea
• Hoheria sexstylosa
• Hoheria glabrata
• List of trees native to New Zealand
• Hoheria lyallii
• Hoheria angustifolia
• Shrub
• Houhere
• Mountain lacebark