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Parsonsia heterophylla

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Parsonsia heterophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Parsonsia
Species:
P. heterophylla
Binomial name
Parsonsia heterophylla
Occurrence data from GBIF

Parsonsia heterophylla, commonly called New Zealand jasmine or kaihua, is a climbing plant endemic to New Zealand.

It is found in wet lowland forest and its seeds are dispersed by the wind.[1]

The larvae of the moth Stigmella kaimanua feed on the leaves of P. heterophylla.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Parsonsia heterophylla kaihua". Forest Flora. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Stigmella kaimanua Donner & Wilkinson, 1989". Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 26 June 2016.