Leptecophylla juniperina

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Leptecophylla juniperina
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Leptecophylla juniperina, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Leptecophylla
Species:
L. juniperina
Binomial name
Leptecophylla juniperina
Synonyms
  • Cyathodes juniperina(G.Forst.) Druce
  • Cyathodes juniperina Druce
  • Styphelia juniperina Pers.
  • Epacris juniperinaForst. & Forst. f.
  • Leucopogon juniperinusR. Br.

Leptecophylla juniperina is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. The species is native to New Zealand and the Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria. [1] The plant's fruit is edible, raw or cooked. Plants grow best in areas with moderate winters and cool moist summers.

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Flower

Three subspecies are recognised as follows: [2]

An example occurrence of L. juniperina is in the red and silver beech forests admixed with rimu and miro podocarps on northern South Island, New Zealand; associate understory species in this South Island forest include Blechnum discolor . [4]

Common names

Common names in New Zealand include prickly heath and prickly mingimingi. Maori names for this plant include hukihuki, hukihukiraho, inakapōriro, inangapōriro, kūkuku, miki, mikimiki, mingi, mingimingingohungohu, pā tōtara, taumingi, tūmingi. [5] In Australia, the subspecies parvifolia (syn. Cyathodes parviflora) is known as pink mountain berry. [6]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Epacridoideae</span>

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References

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