Ixerba

Ixerba
Tawari, Bay of Plenty
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Crossosomatales
Family:	Strasburgeriaceae
Genus:	Ixerba
Species:	I. brexioides
Binomial name
Ixerba brexioides A.Cunn.

Ixerba brexioides, commonly known as Tawari, is an angiosperm tree. Until 2009 it was the single member of New Zealand's only endemic vascular plant family of Ixerbaceae. It is now placed with the New Caledonian Strasburgiaceae.

It is only found in the North Island, between Waitomo and Kaitaia. It is used to make honey.

References

• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

External Links

http://web.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/science/about/departments/sbs/newzealandplants/seed-plants-flowering/find-by-north-&-south-islands/ixerbaceae-tawari-family.cfm