Leptinella lanata

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Leptinella lanata
Flora Antarctica Plate XIX.jpg
Flora Antarctica, Plate XIX [1]
Status NZTCS NU.svg
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS) [2]
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Leptinella
Species:
L. lanata
Binomial name
Leptinella lanata
Synonyms [3]

Cotula lanata Hook.f.

Leptinella lanata is a small flowering plant in the daisy family, native to the Antipodean Islands. [3] Its specific epithet, lanata, describes its woolly-haired (lanate) rhizomes. [4]

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Description

Leptinella lanata is a creeping perennial, monoecious herb. [4]

Distribution and habitat

It is found on the Auckland and Campbell Island and was recently found on Heard Island. [4] It is a coastal species, found on rocks, on cliff tops, on damp exposed peat, in rock crevices and within nesting grounds and seal haul outs. [4]

Conservation status

In both 2009 and 2012 it was deemed to be "At Risk – Naturally Uncommon" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, [4] and this New Zealand classification was reaffirmed in 2018, due to its restricted range, and with the further comment that it is "data poor". [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hooker, J.D. (1844). "Leptinella lanata". The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843: Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. 1: 26. Plate XIX
  2. 1 2 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. (1 May 2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 22: 45. OCLC   1041649797.
  3. 1 2 3 "Leptinella lanata Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Leptinella lanata | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 16 February 2020.