Pseudopanax chathamicus (Chatham Island Lancewood)
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Juvenile trees.
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Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Asterids
- Order: Apiales
- Family: Araliaceae
- Subfamily: Aralioideae
- Genus: Pseudopanax
- Species: P. chathamicus
- Binomial name: Pseudopanax chathamicus
- Synonym: Pseudopanax chathamicum
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Common name:
- Chatham Island Lancewood
- Horo
Relatives
- Meryta sinclairii (Puka)
- Pseudopanax arboreus (Five finger)
- Pseudopanax chathamicus (Chatham Island Lancewood)
- Pseudopanax colensoi var. colensoi (Mountain five finger)
- Pseudopanax colensoi var. ternatus (Three-finger)
- Pseudopanax crassifolius (Lancewood)
- Pseudopanax discolor
- Pseudopanax ferox (Savage lancewood)
- Pseudopanax gilliesii
- Pseudopanax laetus
- Pseudopanax lessonii (Houpapa)
- Raukaua edgerleyi (Pseudopanax Raukaua)
- Raukaua simplex (Haumakaroa)
- Schefflera digitata (Pate, Seven Finger)
Pseudopanax chathamicus is a small tree that is endemic to the Chatham Islands where it grows in moist soil in the coastal forests between Coprosma robusta and Myrsine chathamica.
It can grow 7 m or taller and it has a smooth trunk >30 cm in diameter. A juvenile tree is first unbranched but it changes with age into a branched adult.