Metrosideros perforata,Simpson, P. 2005. Pōhutukawa and Rātā: New Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees. Te Papa Press. 346 pp. commonly known as white rātā, climbing rātā, akatea or akatorotoro, 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).
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.C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
See also Carmine/crimson rātā Colenso's rātā Large white rātā Scarlet rātā White rātā
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