Sporadanthus ferrugineus
| Sporadanthus ferrugineus | |
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| Sporadanthus ferrugineus growing at the bog of Moanatuatua Scientific Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Restionaceae |
| Genus: | Sporadanthus |
| Species: | S. ferrugineus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sporadanthus ferrugineus | |
Sporadanthus ferrugineus, the bamboo rush or giant wire rush, is a plant endemic to New Zealand. In 2011, it was voted "Plant of the Year" in a poll run by the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.[3] Described in 1999,[4] S. ferrugineus was first considered to be the same species as Sporadanthus traversii[citation needed] which is native to northern parts of the Chatham Islands to the south of New Zealand and the Southern Tablelands in Australia.[4] S. ferrugineus is the only known food source for the moth Houdinia flexilissima.[5]
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, it is classified as "At Risk - Relict" (It has both a restricted range, and its documented decline shows it as now occupying less than 10% of its former range, but the population is considered stable.)[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla, J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.M.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R. (2018-05-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 22: 38. OCLC 1041649797.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ P.J. de Lange; P.B. Heenan; B.D. Clarkson; B. R. Clarkson (1999). "Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of Sporadanthus (Restionaceae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 37 (3): 413–431. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1999.9512645.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ "Rush blitzes competition". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ a b de Lange, Peter J.; Heenan, Peter B.; Clarkson, B. D.; Clarkson, B. R. (1999). "Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of Sporadanthus (Restionaceae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 37 (3): 413–431. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1999.9512645. ISSN 0028-825X.
- ^ Hoare, Robert; Dugdale, John; Watts, Corinne (2006-11-02). "The world's thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionaceae), a threatened New Zealand plant". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (5): 571–583. doi:10.1071/is06009. ISSN 1447-2600 – via Researchgate.
External links
Data related to Sporadanthus ferrugineus at Wikispecies- Sporadanthus ferrugineus at the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
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