Metrosideros perforata

Metrosideros perforata,^[1] commonly known as white rātā, climbing rātā, akatea^[2] or akatorotoro,^[3] is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand. It is one of three white flowering rātā vines (the others being large white rātā and white rātā).

Metrosideros perforata
M. perforata, near Hutt River
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Metrosideros
Species:	M. perforata
Binomial name
Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce
Synonyms
Leptospermum perforatum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Melaleuca perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) G.Forst. Metrosideros scandens Sol. ex Gaertn. Metrosideros tenuifolia Colenso Metrosideros vesiculata Colenso

An example of a specific location of occurrence is within New Zealand's Hamilton Ecological District in association with such alliant understory plants as Blechnum discolor, Blechnum filiforme and Doodia media.^[4]

See also

• Carmine/crimson rātā
• Colenso's rātā
• Large white rātā
• Scarlet rātā
• White rātā