Tasmannia lanceolata

Tasmannia lanceolata
Female flowers and immature fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Canellales
Family: Winteraceae
Genus: Tasmannia
Species:
T. lanceolata
Binomial name
Tasmannia lanceolata
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Drimys aromatica (R.Br. ex DC.) F.Muell.
    • Drimys aromatica (R.Br. ex DC.) F.Muell. var. aromatica
    • Drimys lanceolata (Poir.) Baill.
    • Drimys lanceolata (Poir.) Baill. var. lanceolata
    • Drimys xerophila var. β aromatica (R.Br. ex DC.) P.Parm.
    • Tasmania aromatica F.Muell. orth. var.
    • Tasmannia aromatica R.Br. ex DC.
    • Winterana lanceolata Poir.
    • Winterania lanceolata Poir. orth. var.
Mature fruit
Habit on Mount Wellington

Tasmannia lanceolata, commonly known as pepper tree, native pepper, mountain pepper or mountain pepperbush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Winteraceae, and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a dioecious bushy shrub to small tree with lance-shaped or narrowly ellipic leaves, male and female flowers on separate plants, the flowers with 3 to 9 petals, and the fruit a deep maroon to glossy black berry.

  1. ^ a b "Tasmannia lanceolata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ Guymer, Gordon P.; Kodela, Phillip G. "Tasmannia lanceolata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 9 May 2024.