Nestegis Rafinesque

Type species: Nestegis apetala (Vahl.) L. Johnson, in Degener, New Ill. Fl. Hawaiian Is. 300. (1958) (basionym: Olea apetala Vahl), Nestegis elliptica Rafinesque, nom. illeg.

Synonyms: Gymnelaea

Distribution: New Zealand and Hawaii (N. sandwicensis)

Number of species: 5

Description (from Wagner et al. 1990): Shrubs ot trees. Leaves simple, opposite, coriaceous, margins ± thickened, entire. Flowers perfect or unisexual (and then plants polygamous or dioecious), axillary, decussate, or in terminal panicles, bracts small and slender; calyx short, 4-toothed; corolla 4-lobed, the lobes imbricate in bud, elliptic, the tube short to long (N. sandwicensis, Hawaii), or corolla absent (New Zealand species); stamens 2 or 4, subsessile; ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 per cell; stigma 2-lobed. Drupes ellipsiod or globose. Seed 1.

Links to species lists

• Nestegis in the Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) database
• Nestegis extracted from the BONAP (Biota of North America Program)
• Nestegis extracted from the GRIN database

Images

• Nestegis apetala
• Nestegis cunninghamii
• Nestegis lanceolata from NZ native plants (Hebe Society)
• Nestegis lanceolata from New Zealand Arboricultural Association
• Nestegis sandwicensis from Hawaiian Native Plants, University of Hawaii

References

• Degener, O. & Degener, I. & Johnson, L. A. S. 1958. Family 300, Genus Nestegis. In: Degener, O. New Illustrated Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.
• Green, P. S. 1963. The genus Nestegis from New Zealand. J. Arnold Arb. 44: 377-389.

Maintained by Eva Wallander | Last updated: 2010-03-02