Leptinella lanata | |
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Flora Antarctica, Plate XIX [1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
Leptinella lanata is a creeping perennial, monoecious herb. [4]
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]
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]
Pleurophyllum speciosum, also known as the giant emperor daisy or Campbell Island daisy, is a megaherb native to the Auckland and Campbell Islands of New Zealand. A false colour image is depicted on the lower left corner on the reverse of the current five dollar New Zealand banknote. The Campbell Island daisy was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in Flora Antarctica of 1844, after he had collected it during the Ross expedition.
Poa foliosa is a species of tussock grass commonly known as muttonbird poa. It is native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia.
Leptinella plumosa is a small flowering plant in the daisy family. It is a circumantarctic species found on many subantarctic islands in the Southern Ocean. The specific epithet comes from the Latin for “feathery”, referring to the form of the leaves.
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Azorella schizeilema is a species of cushion plant in the Apiaceae family, native to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.
Isolepis aucklandica is a species of flowering plant in the Cyperaceae family. It is native to New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Macquarie Island, the French Southern Territories of Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands, and New Guinea.
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Agrostis subulata is a grass, which grows only on Campbell Island and on Antipodes Island in New Zealand.
Cardamine depressa is a plant in the Brassicaceae family, found in the Antipodean Islands.
Geum albiflorum is a plant in the rose family, Rosaceae family, found in the Auckland Islands.
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