⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-126399, and has not been changed.

Metrosideros diffusa (G.Forst.) Sm. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Metrosideros (family Myrtaceae).

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 126399) with original publication details: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 268 1797.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:598198-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melaleuca diffusa G.Forst.	Synonym		WCSP
Melaleuca florida G.Forst.	Synonym		WCSP
Melaleuca lucida L.f. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP
Metrosideros homeana Turcz. ex Hook.f.	Synonym		WCSP
Metrosideros hypericifolia A.Cunn. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP
Metrosideros myrtifolia Sol. ex Gaertn.	Synonym		WCSP
Metrosideros subsimilis Colenso	Synonym		WCSP
Nania diffusa (G.Forst.) Kuntze	Synonym		WCSP
Nania hypericifolia (A.Cunn.) Kuntze	Synonym		WCSP