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Azorella polaris

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Stilbocarpa
Stilbocarpa polaris on Campbell Island
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S. polaris
Binomial name
Stilbocarpa polaris
(Homb. et Jacq.) Gray
Synonyms
  • Aralia polaris

Stilbocarpa polaris, commonly known as the Macquarie Island cabbage, is a species of flowering plant usually placed in the family Araliaceae. It is a megaherb, growing up to about a metre in height, native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and to Australia’s Macquarie Island. It was used as a food source and a scurvy preventative by early explorers and sealers. On Macquarie Island it was threatened by introduced black rats and European rabbits[1] until their eradication in 2011.

References

  1. ^ Skotnicki, M.L.; Selkirk, P.M.; Kitajima, E.; McBride, T.P.; Shaw, J.; Mackenzie, A. (January 2003). "The first subantarctic plant virus report: Stilbocarpa mosaic bacilliform badnavirus (SMBV) from Macquarie Island". Polar Biology. 26 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1007/s00300-002-0421-8. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)